Casey’s softballers were back in action this week with the women’s social competition, Women’s B Grade’ and ‘Men’s B Grade’ all in action.
In the social competition, MVP faced off against Berwick Chickasaw. MVP’s Vicki Giddens’ pitching kept Chickasaw quiet early before they got the game on their terms, some strong hitting from Carolyn Brook, Sharon Oates and Madi McDonald giving them ascendancy.
Chickasaw carried that momentum through to the second innings, shutting MVP out of the second innings, before excellent team batting in the third innings gave them a sniff but it was too little too late as Chickasaw won 6-4.
Meanwhile, the Cranbourne Comets defeated the Doveton Renegades 10-7.
Comets’ centre-field Coleen Sullivan was the Comets best and Vanessa Tolmie (left field) was the best for Doveton.
Both teams scored four runs in the first innings before Cranbourne got the jump with five runs in the second innings, giving it an unassailable lead.
The score also read 10-7 in the clash between reigning runners-up Narre Warren and the Cobras.
The Cobras were plucky in a match that went five innings, but Narre’s class came to the fore with Pam Rogers and Michelle Balme shining.
In B Grade, Berwick Cheyenne looked set for a comfortable win, up 9-2 ahead of Doveton’s third innings, before eight runs saw Doveton steal the game.
A young Cobras outfit got over the top of Cranbourne 7-4, with Rachel Steendam their best.
The men’s season opened with an entertaining 14-12 win for Cobras Grey over Cranbourne.
After two innings, the score line read 9-7 before five runs apiece in the final innings gave the Cobras the win.
Cobras Maroon won the other game 8-6 against Warriors.
It was a slow start for both sides with just two Cobras runs on the board after three respective innings.
A big fourth innings for the Cobras gave them a huge lead and even a last innings, six-run lunge from the Warriors could not overcome the slow start.
The women’s A Grade competition starts under lights at Sweeney Reserve on Wednesday 12 October.
Each week sees a double header being played with the first game at 7:00pm and the second at 8.30pm, both matches promise to be a great spectacle with the best women playing under lights.
On Saturday 15 October sees the start of our junior competition with games starting at 10:40am.
If you’re interested in playing, please send Casey Softball a message via Facebook or Instagram, or email caseysoftball.vic@gmail.com
