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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.

Macarthur Orioles continued their rise up the New South Wales State Baseball League standings on Wednesday night, moving into second spot with a win over Cronulla Sharks.

The Orioles jumped to an early 4-0 lead at Bonnett Bay and went on to win 5-2 and replace the Sharks in second spot.

Greater Western Warriors collected their first win of the 2021/22 New South Wales State Baseball League season on Sunday after overcoming Cronulla Sharks in a thriller at Andrews Road Complex.

The Warriors scored two seventh-inning runs and Cameron Baird and Thomas Fester combined to keep the Sharks’ bats quiet in a 2-1 win.

Matthew Rae and Nathan Skinner led Blacktown Workers to a 5-1 win over New South Wales State Baseball League leading Baulkham Hills Kookaburras on Wednesday night.

Rae struck out three in six one-run innings to spearhead a strong pitching performance from Workers and Skinner drove in a game-high three runs at Blacktown International Sportspark’s main diamond.