Now if you thought Saturday’s game was exciting then words will not describe this nailbiter on a double header Sunday at VOB.

Devon Clarke started on the mound and after the first couple of frames we were 2-1 down and holding our own. A little lethargy in the field put us down by three a little bit later but with the score standing on 4-1, it was still a tight ballgame.

In the 6th, we put together some hits, they made some errors and we made them pay dearly for that.  5 runs scored put us 6-4 up and the spirits were up again.

Jean Sawyer came on to relive Dev and held the lead until in the bottom of the 8th.

VOB got a couple of runners on base and managed to get one run back.  A few more batters got on base and quickly the bases were loaded with only one down. Now in this situation, the favour lies with the offensive side and they knew it – their tails were up and were looking aggressive.

So, the runner on third could be forgiven when after the batter drove one deep to left field, thinking its a base hit, runs via home to his dug out…only it wasn’t a base hit, it stayed up and ended in Kyle’s glove allowing him to trot to third while the misstaken runner looks on sheepishly. This was defintiely one of the oddest double play I’ve seen for a while retiring the side.

Top of the 9th, Bothasig fail to score. The 50 strong travelling supporters (including Ma Laura) are on the edge of their seats.

Jean whips one in and it’s grounded to short – a clinical throw out by Lukas the German,

The next batter….gets struck out swinging. Two down.

The next batter gets a walk. Does Jean look nervous?…everyone’s willing for the character to shine through and for that dreaded nightare frame to pass us over this one time.

The next batter swings and pops up….you could hear a pin drop…Keenan takes the catch and we win. The crowd goes wild! Final score 6-5 to the Sig.

Today, I believe we saw a defining moment when the character shone through in the face of adversity. Great job boys.

Yoh, what a game that was!!! Bothasig went up quickly with a two run homer by Lukas the German, then increased the lead with a solo homer by Kyle Botha. Birtus Mostert controlled the defense from the mound and kept his pitch count low by throwing around 10-15 pitches per innings. Our offence then continued the brutal assault with Kiefer Smith and KB adding to their home run tally. In fact it was a bit of a hitting fest as almost everyone did the job with the bat.

Durbanville tried to come back taking their score to 7 against Bothasig’s 10 runs, but with Jared Elario super pumped up in relief, that was not going to be an easy task. In fact, Jared’s single in the ninth started the final onslaught, adding a further 6 runs to the total.

All in all, a great game, with lots of character delivering a great result for the sig: 16-7!

Now to carry through this form to the match against VOB this afternoon.

The Major League matchup against Athlone was extremely well supported and the quality of baseball was top notch once again. However, despite Bothasig outhitting Athlone, we failed to get runners on base at the right times and ended up losing out 4-0. Devon Clarke, Jared Elario and Birtus Mostert took control of the mound for Bothasig and Dayle Feldtman got two smoking hits (double and single) off Carl Michaels. It was also great to see the team in their new kit, sponsored by Formula Autos Parklands.
This team is poised for great things…keep working hard boys, the results will come.

The MLR side lost 5-2 and all of the junior games were won by Bothasig – some closer than others. The U16 side had to come back from a very unfamiliar position of trailing 6-0, to end up winning 7-6 in the final inning.