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Game 19: NSW v QLD 9:00AM AEDT

NSW 8 def QLD 7
NSW: 8R 8H 2E
QLD: 7R 10H 1E

New South Wales hold on in a thriller against Queensland to book a spot in the Grand Final.

They got out to a flying start, with three in each of the first two innings, but QLD dug deep and found their way into the game.

By the end of the third, QLD had recovered to 6-4 and were looking more comfortable in their efforts to contain NSW.

The fourth played out 0-0 and NSW looked to reset. Ryan King stepped up in the fifth to help rebuild the lead, hitting a homerun to score Zane Van Lieshout and give QLD some work to do at 8-4.

QLD found one in reply through a Regan O’Neill single that scored Riley James, and then held NSW scoreless in the top of the sixth.

Jeremy Waters scored Shaun Goffer on a double, and then made it home himself thanks to Keenan Smith to make it 8-7 coming into the seventh.

Lincoln Walk held the collective nerve of QLD as he took two strike outs in the top of the seventh, and NSW were kept from extending the lead.

The bottom of the seventh saw Joshua Wagner and O’Neill make it to base, only for NSW to end the game with a double play and O’Neill tagged out at home, denying the tying run for QLD.

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Game 20: ACT v VIC 9:00AM AEDT

VIC 13 def ACT 1
VIC: 13R 13H 0E
ACT: 1R 2H 1E

Victoria storm through to the Preliminary Final with a 13-1 win over the ACT.

Jayden Bamford got the scoring underway for VIC with a home run on the second ball faced in the second inning. Adam Talarico then followed suite, bringing home Henry Mullan and Nick Cassar with another homerun.

Joel Goodall then struck out two as VIC kept the ACT from making base in the bottom of the second.

The scoring not only continued, but stepped up in the third, as Talarico hit another homerun to bring Mullan and Michael Dyson home.

Cassar put the game to bed in the fourth with his first homerun of the day, scoring Dyson.

Matthew Wickham attempted to spark a late comeback in the fourth, hitting a first pitch homerun, but unfortunately for the hosts, the runs-ahead-rule could not be avoided.

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Game 21: QLD v VIC 11:30AM AEDT

VIC 7 def QLD 1
VIC: 7R 6H 1E
QLD: 1R 2H 3E

Victoria will take on New South Wales in the Grand Final after taking a convincing win over Queensland in the Preliminary Final.

Joel Hughes got the scoring started for VIC in the first, scoring Cody Smith with a single.

They then held the Patriots scoreless to finish off the inning with a 1-0 lead.

The momentum continued to build for VIC, as they found two hits and a score in the second, while ending QLD’s turn at bat with three quick outs.

It wasn’t until the fourth where QLD got a proper foot into the game, digging deep to stop VIC from extending their lead – taking a crucial out at first on the full count with bases loaded.

But as the fourth ended, QLD had no hits to the six for four runs of VIC.

A short inning with the bat followed for VIC as QLD tried to build towards the end of the game, with Joshua Wagner scoring QLD’s first with a homerun in the fifth to make the game 4-1.

The sixth was where VIC found the killing blow, with Smith’s sacrifice bunt helping to score Nick Cassar and Adam Talarico on a QLD error, and then Smith coming home a short time later to make it 7-1.

QLD managed just one more hit for the game, as VIC finished off with a strong hold on defence to head up high scoring offence of NSW in the Grand Final.

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Game 22: NSW v VIC 2:00PM AEDT
NSW 7 def VIC 0
NSW: 7R 9H 0E
VIC: 0R 1H 1E

New South Wales are the winners of the 2023 Open Men’s National Championships!

It started out pretty even as Victoria held New South Wales to just the one run thanks to a James Todhunter double. NSW managed to fill the bases, but VIC held their nerve and restricted the potent offence. In reply, VIC could not manage a hit as the lead-off took two ground outs and a strike out.

NSW did most of the damage in the second, scoring four and continuing to make life difficult for the VIC hitters.

It remained very tight through the third and fourth, but NSW managed to edge their way to a critical seventh run to set up the runs-ahead-rule as they headed into the fifth.

VIC held the big hitting NSW line-up to a scoreless fifth, but Jack Besgrove proved a very tricky opponent for the VIC hitters as they ended the fifth with loaded bases but no runs.

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