It was the Jamie Young show on Saturday as the Sunshine Eagles easily accounted for Fitzroy in the Baseball Victoria summer league premier 1st nine competition.
The Eagles showed why they are one of the top teams in the competition with a 10-0 win on Saturday afternoon.
Eagles coach Stuart Clayton acknowledged that while Fitzroy were down towards the bottom of the ladder, it was still a really good win.
“Our pitchers are pitching really well,” he said. “Jamie scored two home runs and we are swinging the ball really well.
“We kept getting the hits and got runners on base in a timely manner and were able to get the runs.”
Clayton said Young’s ability to hit home runs was massive for them as it gave them a three pronged attack. Young also scored a run in Tuesday night’s win.
“Darryl [George] is back on Tuesday,” he said. “Jamie, Darryl and AJ [Fittock] they’ve hit 14 home runs between them.
“You might usually get one guy in a team that has hit five or six home runs in a season, but to have three is some line up.”
Young’s pitching was also on target with Fitzroy failing to get bat on ball. Having not pitched early in the season, it’s been an added boost for the Eagles along with having Billy Parsons full time.
The Eagles remain in second spot with four rounds remaining.
Clayton said they know where they finish is in their own hands.
“Having things going this way means if we keep winning we can’t be overtaken. It’s up to us now.”
Clayton said the key for them in the run home into finals was to keep working on their defensive game.
He said that could be the difference come finals time.
“We have to work on our defensive game,” he said. “In finals you don’t see 10-0 score lines, it’s more like 1-0.
“We have to keep playing the defensive game and not make any errors and be solid at the back end of the season.”
The Eagles face Sandringham on Tuesday night in the midweek game before playing Essendon on Saturday.
Clayton said Essendon was one of the hot teams in the competition.
He said they were hoping that their bats continued to swing well in both games to pick up a couple more wins.
In the women’s regional west competition, Sunshine lost to Alfredton, 14-3.
The Eagles remain in third spot.
