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Sturt secured its second South Australian Baseball League premiership in the past three seasons after overcoming Goodwood in extra-innings at West Beach on Saturday night.

Angus Roeger’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th lifted the Saints to a 3-2 win in game two of the best-of-three grand final series.

Sturt is one win away from claiming the 2020/21 South Australian Baseball League premiership after using a big sixth to take a 1-0 series lead over Goodwood on Friday night.

The Saints piled on 12 runs in the massive inning to claim a 13-1 win at West Beach in the opener of the best-of-three grand final series.

Sturt will take on Goodwood in the South Australian Baseball League grand final for the second time in three seasons after the pair won through to the decider on Sunday.

The Saints downed West Torrens 13-3 in game two to punch their ticket while the Indians rode a gem from John Challinor to a 7-1 win against Henley & Grange.

Minor premiers Sturt and second-placed Henley & Grange ended Kensington and East Torrens’ seasons in the first round of the South Australian Baseball League finals on the weekend.

The Saints took down the Cardinals 7-3 in game two of their semi-final at Norman Reserve on Sunday to end the defending champion’s season while the Rams used late runs to overcome the Redsox 8-3 at home.

Sturt scored 11 late runs to take game one of its best-of-three South Australian Baseball League semi-final against Kensington on Saturday afternoon.

The Saints scored three in the sixth and eight in the seventh to overturn a 2-1 deficit and take game one 12-2 at Norman Reserve.