Dodgers get their revenge on Cardinals
DODGERS have avenged last week’s loss in Dunedin premier men’s club softball.
Having already secured top spot on the table heading into Christmas, Dodgers prevailed 52 over Cardinals — having dropped their first game of the season 74 last week to the same team.
However, it was Cardinals — whose only losses have been against Dodgers — who took the lead first in this match.
Leadoff hitter Will Bathgate gave Cardinals a 10 lead with an automatic home run, before Dodgers responded straight away.
Jake Burtenshaw and Matt Watts both scored to give Dodgers a lead they would not relinquish.
Watts extended that to 31 in the third, before Jacob Burnett added a fourth for Dodgers in the fourth.
Cardinals hit back in the fifth via Bathgate, but Dodgers responded with a Callum Rowley home run to restore the threerun margin.
Earlier in the day, Dodgers claimed an 184 win over Old Boys, while Cardinals won by default against Ellis Park.
Meanwhile, the Spartens women emerged victorious in the battle of the two best allwomen’s teams.
They beat Immortalz 105 to finish the highest of the five women’s teams playing in the 10team preChristmas senior reserve noncompetitive grade.
The second innings was key, as the Spartens piled on six runs to take a big lead.
Immortalz managed one of their own, through Jackie Padman, before adding a further three in the third to bring the score back to 64.
Lisa Matheson and Sophie Te Tana scored twice each in the fourth and fifth, while Immortalz could only manage one further run.