Sunshine Eagles have gained back momentum ahead of a few big weeks in the Baseball Victoria summer league premier 1 first nine competition.
After a red hot start to the season, the Eagles dropped two matches late last year to bring it back to the pack.
With a win in the final game before the break and now a win on Saturday in the first game back, the Eagles are back on track.
Eagles coach Stuart Clayton said the group was able to quickly regroup and focus on what they needed to do.
“We had one week where we could not score a run,” he said. “We turned it around and got back on track.
““Everyone is injury free and hopefully we stay that way,” he said. “We’ve got a good enough squad to go deep into finals and hopefully have a repeat of last year.
“We have a big match ahead of us against Essendon next week, they are sitting second on the ladder a game and a bit behind us.
“It will be good to see where we are at.”
The Eagles resumed their season against Waverley on Saturday.
There was a big Eagles crowd as the club hosted its past players day.
It was the away team that got on the board first, before the Eagles hit straight back.
The Eagles led throughout on the way to an 8-2 win.
“It was a really good win and they are a really good side,” Clayton said.
“The very first batter hit a home run and we thought ‘oh my god’.
“It was a funny day with the wind and we thought it was going to be a tough day to score.
“At the bottom of the first AJ [Adrian Fittock] hit a home run and we got three batters home. That put us in front.”
Fittock hit a second home run later in the game to cap off a strong performance while also fielding well on the first base.
Youngster Devin Leahy also had a strong game with four hits, the first time he’s done that for the Eagles top side.
Clayton said each week different players keep stepping up.
“It has been fantastic,” he said. “The team is really sharing the load.”
The Eagles remain on top of the ladder where they’ve sat all season.
Midweek action resumes this week with the Eagles travelling to face Moorabbin.
Clayton said they would look to manage players through the back part of the season to be full strength for the pointy end.
