League: Oxford Softball League

Tigers @ Angels

Game highlights

Tigers ran off to a storming lead which the Angels managed to come back from. The game saw some great catches in left field by the Angels’ Conner, Tom and Greg. The Tigers’ defense was also notable with Cliff at centre right and Clint at shortstop making a number of plays. Offensively, Selina helped the Angels with excellent baserunning who went 1st to home, then pinch ran and went 1st to home again! Lots of new players hitting extremely well on both sides.

Most Valuable players

Angels:  Babs Young and Conner Crawford
Tigers: Kathleen McCallen and Tom Martin

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Oddsox @ Mavericks

Game highlights

Both teams hit well with tight fielding keeping the scores very close through the bottom of the 4th inning. Two shut out innings defensively enabled the Oddsox to creep ahead and close out the game. Shout out to the Mavs’ Bertie for a sliding stop in the outfield, Monique at second and both teams members at shortstop. Oddsox outfielders Debra and Jake snagged a number of catches and a solid infield play by Rachael, Katie, Martin, Scott and Gen. Finally, hats off to the pitchers on both team who made this a great game to play in!

Most Valuable Players

Oddsox – Katie and Jake
Mavericks – Monique and Bertie

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Tigers @ Rebels

Game highlights

Tuesday night had another really good game with great hitting led by the Rebels who got off to a hot start with James Clark hitting a grand slam in the first inning to take the team’s lead to nine.  Defensively, the Rebels kept the Tigers scoreless for the first three innings, but the Tigers fought back in the later innings with a home run and some good base running. The Tigers crept closer to the Rebels with back-to-back triples in the 6th. There were a couple of great catches deep in left field by Cliff Sofield and left centre field by Charlie Bath for the Tigers and great infield play from both teams, each picking up a double play. A couple of brilliant catches from Tom Horsfield at second base for the Rebels and some quick outs to Fiona Mounsdon on first base shut the Tigers down. The Tiger’s defense was anchored by solid play at third base by Adora Jones and second baseman Kathleen McCallen. The Rebels shortstop, James Clark, took care of a number of plays including a “will-he-won’t-he” fly ball that kept the team guessing. Special shoutouts to James Mighell from the Mavericks who stepped in to help the Rebels out with pitching and Josh May from the Rebels whose words of encouragement kept people’s spirits up as the game went on into the evening. Final thanks go to Lesley Roberts for a stellar job umpiring, despite being blinded by the setting sun!

Most valuable players

Tigers: Adora Jones and Cliff Sofield
Rebels: Fiona Mounsdon and Tom Horsfield

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Knights @ Tigers

Game highlights

Despite the scoreline, this was one of those games that felt closer than the result! Both sides demonstrated great defense and offense with a number of hits to both sides of the pitch and solid plays in the field. It was a close game to begin with, but the Tigers started to pull away in the early innings. The Knights found their feet by the sixth inning and closed the gap, but the Tigers shut them down in the seventh allowing only one run.

Most valuable players

Knights: Vesa and Rory
Tigers: Adora and Greg

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