Winter Round 8 Results

The Rangers C2’s kept on keeping on with a strong 14-4 victory over West Sydney Boomers whilst the E2’s went down by the narrowest of margins losing 14-15 over the past weekend. Despite an amazing pitching effort from Brad Rockwell, the Rangers D2’s just couldn’t provide enough run support as they went down 5-8 against the Boomers at Concord. Game Changer report as follows:

The Rangers D2’s fall to West Boomers 8-5 in spite of Jeff Watts’s performance

Jeff Watts did all he could to give the Rangers a boost, but it wasn’t enough to get past West Boomers, as the Rangers lost 8-5 in five innings at Majors Bay on Sunday. Jeff was hot from the plate for the Rangers. Jeff went 2-3 and scored a run, singling in the fourth inning and doubled in the fifth inning.

It was the West Boomers who jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Jack Williams got things going for West Boomers with a single. A stolen base then moved Jack from first to second. James Yardley doubled, bringing home Jack. West Boomers scored two runs of its own in the third. West Boomers scored on a solo home run by Jack and.

The game’s last lead went to West Boomers thanks to a fourth inning rally that saw two runs cross the plate on two errors.

One run in the top of the fifth helped the Rangers close their deficit to 6-5. A groundout by Matt Raymond triggered the Rangers’ comeback. Finally, James Yardley got Nigel King to ground out to end the game.
It didn’t take long for West Boomers to respond as it scored two runs of its own in the fifth. West Boomers scored on an error.