18 March 2020
Baseball New South Wales has become the latest state body to announce a cease on all baseball activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It announced this morning all baseball activities in the state between today and April 30 would be postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus.
16 March 2020
Shayne Fogorty tossed a complete game and Stephen Octave brought home two crucial runs as Macarthur took game one of the NSW State Baseball League grand final series on Sunday.
The Orioles prevailed 4-1 over Ryde at Blacktown International Sportspark behind a dominant nine-inning display from Fogorty.
12 March 2020
Macarthur will face Ryde in the 2020 NSW State Baseball League grand final following a walk-off win over Canterbury-Bankstown on Wednesday night.
The Orioles, minor premiers, completed their comeback from 1-0 down in the best-of-three preliminary final series with a 4-2 extra-inning win at Blacktown International Sportspark.
11 March 2020
The NSW State Baseball League preliminary final is headed to game three after Macarthur downed Canterbury-Bankstown at Blacktown International Sportspark on Tuesday night.
A four-run fourth helped lift the Orioles to a 6-1 win in a game delayed until Tuesday night due to a weekend washout.
02 March 2020
Ryde is the first team through to the NSW State Baseball League grand final series after taking down minor premiers Macarthur in their major semi-final on the weekend.
The Hawks overcame the Orioles in two games to move a step closer to their first first grade title since 2013.
27 February 2020
Ryde is one win away from the NSW State Baseball League grand final after striking first against minor premiers Macarthur in their best-of-three major semi-final at Blacktown International Sportspark.
The Hawks scored a pair of sixth-inning runs to prevail 3-1 in game one of the series on Wednesday night.
24 February 2020
Canterbury-Bankstown has warmed up for the NSW State Baseball League playoffs with a sweep of its two-game final round series against minor premiers Macarthur.
The Vikings downed the Orioles 2-1 at Riverside Park on Saturday night to end the regular season on a three-game winning streak after downing the minor premiers 5-3 on Wednesday night.
19 February 2020
Canterbury-Bankstown recorded a comfortable 10-3 victory over Penrith at Andrews Road Complex as the NSW State Baseball League resumed on the weekend following back-to-back washouts.
Guy Edmonds was a standout for the Vikings in their 13th win of the season, hitting a three-run homer in the top of the ninth to finish with four RBIs and striking out three Panthers in the final inning to close out the game.
12 February 2020
Rain washed out all the weekend NSW State Baseball League but Macarthur was able to extend its lead at the top of the table during midweek action last Wednesday.
The Orioles shut out Central Coast 10-0 at Baseball Park to capitalise on Ryde falling to Manly as they moved seven-and-a-half games clear at the top of the standings.
04 February 2020
Cronulla blew Penrith away with a 10-run burst in the opening two innings on its way to a dominant 15-0 victory in the NSW State Baseball League at Bonnett Bay on Sunday.
Playing-coach John Bowker powered the Sharks’ offence, going 3-for-3 and recording six RBIs, while Josh Lavender collected four hits.
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Former big leaguer Bowker set the tone early with a bases-clearing double in the first after Max Brennen tripled and scored on an Ethan Stacy single to open the scoring.
Brennen also impressed with three runs and two hits from three at-bats.
Cronulla rode a strong start from Quinn Dipasquale, who punched out four and gave up two hits from four scoreless innings.
The Panthers managed just two hits in the game, being retired in order in three of the five innings.
Runaway leader Macarthur pushed its winning streak to 10 games with a 7-2 win over Manly at Gilchrist Oval.
The Eagles took a 2-1 lead into the sixth ahead of the Orioles piling on five runs.
A pair of singles drove in the first two runs before Shanin Hislop scored off a bases-loaded walk.
A wild pitch then brought Stephen Octave home before Nick Doller add an RBI single.
Derek Howe worked seven two-run innings for Macarthur ahead of Shayne Fogorty recording the final six outs, including two on strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Michael Campbell helped Central Coast to a 12-6 win over Blacktown at Laybutt Reserve.
Campbell hit a two-RBI single in the fifth to extend the Marlins’ lead to six runs before taking over on the mound to close out the victory.
He worked four innings, striking out six, giving up three runs (all unearned) and just as many hits.
Jake Amos went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIS.
Damian Rutherford also had three RBIs and Taylor Clemensia homered.
The NSW State Baseball League continues on Wednesday night.
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