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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.

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.

Only one top-six team collected a win in the South Australian State League on Saturday as the race for sixth spot heated up even further.

East Torrens Redsox, Glenelg Tigers, Port Adelaide Magpies and Woodville Senators all picked up victories over higher ranked opponents and two games went to extras to cap off a big week of action in the SASL.

New South Welshman Travis Bazzana drove in three runs in his Oregon State University debut as the Beavers routed New Mexico 21-1 to open the NCAA Division I season.

The freshman went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks at Surprise Stadium in Arizona on Saturday morning (Australian time) as the Beavers put up their highest opening day score since 1960.

East Torrens Redsox sit just a win-and-a-half back from sixth-placed Southern Districts Hawks following Thursday night’s South Australian State League action.

The Redsox took down fifth-ranked Kensington Cardinals 8-4 at Patterson Reserve and closed the gap on the finals-bound positions after the Hawks were blanked 2-0 by Glenelg Tigers at Christies Downs.

Queensland will defend its 2020 Australian U-16 Youth Championship title on home soil after the host for the event’s return to the calendar was locked in on Thursday.

Redcliffe, north-east of Brisbane, will host the 2022 tournament during the July school holidays in partnership with the Moreton Bay Regional Council.

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.

Scott Cronan’s seventh-inning grand slam helped Mudgeeraba stun Carina in a battle of the Greater Brisbane League’s Redsox on Wednesday night.

Cronan went deep with the bases loaded as Mudgeeraba scored a 9-8 win at Firth Park in a rescheduled matchup between the two teams from last month.

Eleven members of Victoria’s 2019 Australian Women’s Baseball Championship gold medal run have been named to the state’s roster for this April’s event at West Beach in South Australia.

The 2019 Most Valuable Player Abbey Kelly, Batting Award recipient Abbey McLellan and Pitching Award winner Morgan Doty will return to defend Victoria’s crown at the April 15-21 event.

Greater Brisbane League leading Redlands Rays extended their winning streak to seven games with a 13-3 victory over Surfers Paradise on Sunday.

The Rays jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first and did not look back at Sir Bruce Small Park, improving their record on the season to 22-6.