Bramac reign in runfest

Bramac Aces and Bluesox piled on the runs in the latest round of the club softball competition in blustery conditions at Colquhoun Park on Saturday.

There were 48 runs scored in this women’s game, where Bramac won 28-20.

Bluesox made a great start scoring nine runs and Aces replied with four, two of them home runs, one by Marino Te Rata-owen and the second by Milcah Xkenjik.

In the second innings Bluesox scored six more runs, taking their score to 15.

Bramac replied with six of their own, including a home run by Mary Ireland.

Bluesox continued their run in the third inning, adding another five runs to pull away from Aces who could not score.

With Bluesox leading 20-10, it looked as though they were going to romp home.

In the fourth and fifth innings, Aces pitcher Mary Ireland contained the Bluesox batters and they could not add to their total.

In an enormous comeback, the Aces batters came to life with nine safe hits. Amongst these was another home run by Te Rata-owen, who also scored the three runners on base and the second by Abby Stirling.

A massive 18 runs were scored and the game ended with the run ahead rule applied and Bramac won.

The feature of this game was the seven home runs scored, five by Bramac and two from Bluesox.

Huia Tigers thrashed Scorea-bulls 16-1.

Huia Tigers were up 11-1 after the first two innings with Charmaine Farquhar hitting a centre-field home run.

They added another five runs in the next inning with no reply from Score-a- Bulls.

The game ended with the run ahead rule applied.

Huia Tigers pitcher Mirren Haylock gave away only two safe hits.

In the second of their double header, Huia Tigers had another big win, this time 19-3 over Rangitikei Rebels.

Tigers roared into the lead, scoring a massive 12 runs in the first inning with no reply from the Rebels.

In the second inning, Rebels scored three runs with four safe hits.

Huia piled on a other seven runs, taking their score to 19. No further runs were scored by Rebels and the run ahead rule was again applied.

Jassmone Howe was Rangitikei’s best batter with two hits from two turns at bat.

For Huia Tigers every player recorded a safe hit with 18 safe hits in total.

The Rangitikei Rebels were on the receiving end again in the second of their double header, losing 26-5 tolinton Storm.

The Rebels had no answer to Linton and the they piled on 15 runs in the first inning.

Rebels still could not score in the second inning, while Storm added a further 11 runs, taking their scored to 26.

In the third inning Rangitikei scored five runs, but the run ahead rule was applied, with Linton winning.

Jess Miller-tapara was Linton’s best batter with four hits from four turns at bat.

In the first men’s game, it was one-way traffic as Dodgers Black beat Linton Sentinels 11-0.

Dodgers took the lead in the first inning and never released it, scoring nine more runs in the third inning, taking their score to 11.

Linton had no answer, with the game ending 11-0.

Mark Jones was Dodgers’ best batter with two hits from two turns at bat.

In the second of Linton’s

their doubleheader, they lost 14-4 tohuia Chiefs.

Huia took the lead and were ahead 9-2 at the bottom of the third.

Neither team scored in the next inning.

At the top of the fifth Huia scored a further five runs and Linton added just two.

Jason Peka was Linton’s best batter with three hits from three turns at bat.

Huia’s honours were shared by Gareth Greenfield and Alan Norman, both with two hits from two turns at bat.

In the men’s feature game, Bluesox won 7-1 over Raiders.

Bluesox scored six runs in the first four innings, with Raiders’ batters unable to cross home plate.

Raiders scored one run in the fifth inning and Bluesox replied with one also.

Bluesox’s Hohepa Te Weri put one over the right-field fence in the fourth inning.