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Baulkham Hills Kookaburras are 2021/22 New South Wales State Baseball League premiers.

The Kookaburras downed Macarthur Orioles 4-1 on Saturday night at Blacktown International Sportspark to wrap up the grand final series in two games.

Baulkham Hills Kookaburras are through to the 2022 New South Wales State Baseball League grand final after shutting out Blacktown Workers in game two of their preliminary final on Monday night.

Zak Elvy and Chris Oxspring combined to lift the Kookaburras to a 4-0 win at Blacktown International Sportspark and set up a best-of-three grand final against Macarthur Orioles.

Baulkham Hills Kookaburras are a win away from the New South Wales State Baseball League decider after claiming game one of their preliminary final series against Blacktown Workers on Sunday night.

Coen Wynne tossed a gem and Jacob Younis went 4-for-5 with a run scored at the top of the lineup as the Kookaburras sealed a 6-2 series-opening win at Blacktown International Sportspark as the preliminary final finally got underway after multiple postponements.

Blacktown Workers are through to a New South Wales Baseball League preliminary final and still a shot to defend their 2021 title after ending Cronulla Sharks’ season on Saturday.

Workers took the lead with a two-run fifth and did not look back behind strong relief pitching from Dylan Clarke and Todd Grattan as they sealed a 4-3 win at Blacktown International Sportspark.

Macarthur Orioles are through to the 2022 New South Wales State Baseball League grand final after topping Baulkham Hills Kookaburras in extras to take out their major semi-final in three games on Sunday.

Mitchell Liddle, Dane Wigg and Mitchell Austin each singled to load the bases ahead of a walk plating the go-ahead run in a 7-6 win in 12 innings at Blacktown International Sportspark.

Blacktown Workers shut out Cronulla Sharks to take a 1-0 lead in their win-or-go-home best-of-three New South Wales State Baseball League minor semi-final on Wednesday night.

Mitchell Skinner, Dylan Clarke and Todd Grattan combined to strike out 14 and limit the Sharks to four hits in a 3-0 win at Blacktown International Sportspark’s main diamond.

Macarthur Orioles are a win away from the 2022 New South Wales State Baseball League grand final after edging Baulkham Hills Kookaburras 3-2 on Wednesday night.

The Orioles jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Blacktown International Sportspark’s second diamond and withstood a late rally from the minor premiers to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three major semi-final.

Shohei Arayama and Taka Honma combined to lift Manly Eagles to a shutout win over Blacktown Workers in Wednesday night’s New South Wales State Baseball League action.

Arayama struck out nine in six scoreless innings and Honma recorded the final six outs as the Eagles secured their seventh win of the season with a 1-0 victory at Aquatic Reserve.

First-placed Baulkham Hills Kookaburras extended their New South Wales State Baseball League winning streak to four games on Sunday as the competition made its return following a run of wash outs in recent weeks.

James McCallum went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs and four pitchers combined to allow one run on five hits as the Kookaburras completed a 7-1 win over Canterbury Bankstown Vikings at Northmead Reserve.

Christos Lyberopoulos delivered in the ninth to lift Baulkham Hills Kookaburras to a 7-6 walk-off win over Manly Eagles in the New South Wales State Baseball League on Sunday.

Lyberopoulos put the ball in play to score the winning run after Matthew Bennett (single), James McCallum and Cian Howard (both walks) reached to load the bases and pile pressure on the Eagles.