League: Oxford Softball League
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Mavericks
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Rebels
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SpiritsBeavers @ Rebels
most valuable players
Beavers: *1B* and Alejandro Dodero
Rebels: Laura Smith and Steve Moody
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RebelsTigers @ Oddsox
Game highlights
The game started quite close with both teams racking up runs in the 1st inning, and getting quick outs in the next two. Oddsox continued with their typically tight fielding, and found the holes in Tigers’ defence to score some home runs and take a strong lead. Tigers managed to stop Oddsox short of a mercy in the 4th and 5th and shut them out in the 6th, just scraping through to the 7th – but were unable to make much of a dent in the lead.
The Oddsox defence also made it hard for Tigers to pick out MVPs, but Rachael clinched it with a few outs at 3B and a great throw to 1B, and Johnny with consistently good pitching, and a catch in the outfield. For Tigers, Julie caught just about everything she could on 1B, and the other MVP was probably awarded for entertainment value – taking one catch on about the third attempt and dropping another whilst faceplanting. In my defence, I barely slept the night before! A shout out to Clint for stepping in to pitch for Tigers in the 5th. And thanks to Stella for sterling work umpiring when she could have been playing!
Most Valuable Players
Tigers: Julie Sutton and Tom Martin
Oddsox: Rachael Monteiro and Johnny Sullivan
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OddsoxMavericks @ Angels
game highlights
The Angels and Mavericks know each other very well, potentially too well in some cases, so Tuesday’s game was always going to be interesting. Both teams came out of the box swinging, and after 1 inning the score was tied at 6. The Angels continued to tack on, scoring a few runs in each of the following innings. However the Mavericks could not keep up the scoring pace with the blinding low sun, and the game finished after 6 1/2. Highlights were Bertie shouting “I got it!” and the ball landed 5-10 metres away…. Monique being her usual self and annoyingly stopping everything at 3rd. She clearly has been training with James as he also made plenty of outs to first from the pitching rubber. Lucy also had a hit over the head of her Brookes Softball coach to start a 2 out rally. Both teams made their fair share of catches in the outfield, an exceptional catch was from Amy who charged in and made a basket catch. Selina also caught a tricky popup over the catcher’s head. 3 new female Angels also had doubles on merit showing their improvement. Everything added to a very enjoyable game (helped by Winston not barking continuously for once) and miraculously the Angels game was not the last one to be completed!
Most Valuable Players
Angels: Amy Beveridge & Tom Merritt
Mavericks: Monique Geyer-Johnson & James Mighell
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AngelsOddsox @ Beavers
Game highlights
A closely fought game tonight that could have gone either way. Some good batting and fielding by both teams kept the score at 9-7 in Oddsox favour at the end of the 3rd inning. Oddsox hit 5 home in the top of the fourth and Beavers would have done the same in the bottom, but Gen took a great play at home to tag Tom out, stop his home run and keep them at 4 runs. Oddsox pulled away in the 5th with some steady base running followed up by a home run and 3 RBIs from Jake. But Beavers were not finished and came back strongly in the 6th and 7th with solid hitting from Abi, Irving, Alejandro and Dan (definitely some home runs in there from the Beavers!) but ultimately not quite enough to take the win.
Most Valuable Players
Oddsox: Gen and Jake
Beavers: Abi and Irving
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Beavers