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Congratulations must go to the mighty colts team who wrapped up first place Saturday with a hard fought 5-2 win over the Ainslie Bears at Viking Park.

In a pitchers game that saw both teams pitchers control the game it was our boys who executed well to make the most of limited opportunities. We could only muster a grand total of 2 hits during the game both by Ryan Page ( 1 infield single and a double to left centre), while the bears did not fare much better hitting 3 singles.

Our guys scored first after Ryan led off the bottom of the first with a double, Dylan McLaughlin moved him over with a ground out to second and Ryan scored on a ground out to third by Caleb Albrecht. The top of the third saw us extend our lead to 3-0 with Ryan leading off the inning with an infield single, then stealing second.

Dylan then moved Ryan to third with a well placed sacrifice bunt. Caleb then hit a hard ground ball to third and the Bears attempted to make the play at the plate with no luck putting Caleb on first base. Caleb then moved to third with consecutive steals and scored on a ground out by Jordon Arley. 

The Bears then made the game a tight one by scoring 2 runs in the top of the fourth inning by combining a walk and two base hits off our starting pitcher Caleb. The game then saw the pitchers really take over with Chris “Polly” shutting down the Bears line-up by throwing strikes and Hayden Calvert for the Bears, matching him for a couple of innings.

In the bottom of the seventh the Vikings were able to push across two insurance runs by loading the bases with two outs through two walks and a hit batter. Caleb then came up and hit a pop-up in the infield that was misplayed allowing two Vikings to score. Chris then came on to shut down the Bears in the top of the 8^th inning for the victory.

The boys played well and took advantage of opportunities that were given to them but we need to do better at the plate with our team striking out 11 times in the 7 innings. Caleb and Chris did a good job on the hill keeping us in the game throwing strikes. We still have some work to do with the grand final now only about 4 weeks away, so I hope to see everyone at training on Monday evening.

Quote to sum up todays game:

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.  ~Earl Wilson

And with football season now upon us I finish off with this quote:

Baseball players are smarter than football players.  How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?  ~Jim Bouton, 1988

In one of the hottest places on earth last Sunday the Vikings senior grades came out firing with wins for C Grade, B grade and A Grade earning the club a clean sweep over the Eagles club.