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Essendon Bombers and Upwey-Ferntree Gully Tigers will enter the Victorian Summer Baseball League finals on a high after extending their long winning streaks on Saturday.

The Bombers downed Berwick City Cougars 12-2 on the road to notch a sixth-straight win while the Tigers extended their winning streak to eight games to finish atop the Eastern Conference.

Geelong Baycats punched their Victorian Summer Baseball League finals ticket with a 7-2 win over Sunshine Eagles at Melbourne Ballpark on Tuesday night.

The Baycats overturned an early 2-0 deficit to wrap up a sweep of the three-game season series between the two sides and end the Eagles’ hopes of finishing in the Western Conference top-two.

Upwey-Ferntree Gully Tigers rose into second spot in the Eastern Conference on Sunday as they continued their stunning second-half of the Victorian Summer Baseball League season.

The Tigers overpowered Berwick City Cougars 14-3 at Kings Park to leapfrog them and move into second in the conference with a sixth-straight win.

Fitzroy Lions denied a late rally to dent Geelong Baycats’ hopes of making the Victorian Summer Baseball League finals on Tuesday night.

The Lions prevailed 5-3 at Melbourne Ballpark to send the Baycats to third in the Western Conference after Sunshine Eagles picked up a 5-1 win over Sandringham Royals in the second game of the night at Altona.

Upwey-Ferntree Gully Tigers toppled Eastern Conference leading Berwick City Cougars on Sunday as they picked up a vital win in the hunt for a Victorian Summer Baseball League finals spot.

The Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with an 11-2 win at Cyril Molyneux Reserve.

Sam Gibbons struck out 15 across eight shutout innings as Geelong Baycats picked up an important Victorian Summer Baseball League win over Malvern Braves on Thursday night.

Gibbons allowed three hits and issued one walk across eight dominant innings as the Baycats triumphed 5-0 at Melbourne Ballpark to pull level with Sunshine Eagles on 11 wins for the campaign.

Fitzroy Lions rode a strong pitching display to an impressive win over Essendon Bombers in the Victorian Summer Baseball League on Sunday.

Jordan Hill and Darcy King combined to limit the Bombers to only three runs in a 7-3 win at Boeing Reserve as the Lions collected a third victory of the campaign.

Berwick City Cougars denied a late rally from Cheltenham Rustlers to secure their eighth win of the Victorian Summer Baseball League season on Sunday.

The Cougars got another strong start from Craig Barnett but were forced to hang on for a 6-4 win at Kingston Heath Reserve after the Rustlers scored four times in the bottom of the eighth.

Waverley Wildcats scored four late runs to claim an important Victorian Summer Baseball League win over Berwick City Cougars on Tuesday night.

Finn Weichard’s two-run homer sparked a four-run sixth as the Wildcats finished strongly to seal a 6-5 win at Napier Park.

Essendon Bombers scored five late runs to hand Geelong Baycats a rare Victorian Summer Baseball League defeat on Sunday.

The Bombers prevailed 10-5 at Boeing Reserve to improve to 8-1 and drop the Baycats’ record to 8-3.