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Three homers helped Southern Seahawks maintain their perfect Super League Baseball Adelaide record at West Beach on Wednesday night.

Riley Moore and Jordan McArdle went deep back-to-back and Jeremy Cresswell also homered as Southern improved to 5-0 with a 6-4 win over the Northern Marlins.

Greenway withstood a late rally by Ryde to prevail 5-4 and improve its NSW Women’s Baseball League record to 3-0 on the weekend.

The Ladyhawks scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth at ELS Hall ahead of Jordan Richardson and Claire O’Sullivan combining to close out the win for the Giants.

Ten teams will take part in the second-ever Queensland Baseball5 Schools Cup later this month.

The mixed gender, two age group event for Year 4-9 students will be held at Earnshaw State College on November 26.

Golden Grove Central Districts broke through for its first win of the South Australian Baseball League season on Sunday on the back of a 12-strikeout performance from starter Adenson Verastegui.

The right-hander worked 7 2/3 innings, allowing just one run on a hit, as the Dodgers prevailed 3-2 over Glenelg at Illyarrie Reserve.

Morley’s dominant start to the WA State League 1 season continued on Sunday as the Eagles overpowered Rockingham to improve their record to 5-0.

Ulrich Bojarski homered and finished with four RBIs, while Jess Williams, Travis Murphy and Kieran Chapman each drove in three runs in a 14-0 win at Hourglass Reserve.

Jack Barrie continued his red-hot start to the Greater Brisbane League season, igniting Redcliffe Red’s offence with a grand slam in a 10-4 win over Mudgeeraba on Sunday.

Barrie went deep with the bases loaded to open the scoring in the third at Firth Park and finished a triple shy of a cycle, going 3-for-5 with five RBIs.

Early-season New South Wales State Baseball League leaders Baulkham Hills shut out Ryde on Sunday to claim a sixth win in seven games.

Alex Wells, Lachlan Wells, Travis McDonald and Tom Stancic combined to limit the Hawks to just two hits in a 4-0 win at Northmead Reserve.

South Perth produced game-breaking offence in the opening two innings of its WA State League 1 clash against Carine at Perth Harley-Davidson Ballpark on Friday night.

The Cubs scored all of their runs in an 8-5 win across the first two frames as they improved to 4-1 on the season.

Strong pitching by Masaru Nakamura and Brandan Bidois paved the way for Windsor’s 5-3 Greater Brisbane League win over Carina at Foley Field on Friday night.

The duo combined for seven scoreless innings and the Royals’ offence scored the first five runs of the game ahead of Liam MacDonald denying a Redsox rally as they improved their record to 5-3.

David Peake admits he got into baseball to avoid heading to church on Sunday morning as a child.

Now he lives and breathes the sport, from mowing the lawns to inspiring the next generation of talent to baseball and promoting its role in improved mental health.