Brunels young pitchers, Charlie Turner and Jake Boyer guided the Bristol Brunels to a thrilling 9-8 victory over Weston Jets in the first game of Sunday’s double header. Turner, aged 16, struck out seven Jets in his three and two thirds innings pitched to keep the Brunels in contention going into the last inning just one run behind. The young pitcher then drove in a run before player of the…
BADGERS AND BATS FIGHT BACK TO KEEP PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE
The Badgers and the Bats both swept their rivals at the weekend to keep up their hopes of qualifying for the postseason playoffs. The Badgers went down 3-0 early in the first game of their AAA double header against Herts Cardinals but fought back strongly to win 14-10. Home runs from Mattia Papini and John Brownlee led the way as the Badgers showed lots of discipline at the plate to…
BUCCS AND BRUNELS SPLIT THRILLING DERBY
The Brunels and the Buccaneers shared the spoils of their thrilling Bristol derby SWWBL double header at Somerdale on Sunday. The Buccaneers won the first game 16-15 with a dramatic walk off after the Brunels had scored 11 runs to take the lead in the top of the fourth inning after being down 13-4. The Buccaneers got off to a hot start with shortstop Henry Mcnamara going well at the…
PLAYERS PUSH FOR GB GLORY
Three local baseball players are close to making the final GB rosters for the 2022 European Championships. Becky Cottrell and Kat Golik are both on the provisional roster for the GB Women’s team while Tom Maclennan is competing for a spot in the GB Baseball U15 team. Becky Cottrell currently plays for the mixed Bristol Brunels team as well as the club’s women’s team, the Bristol Bobcats. As well as…
BATS OFFENSE SHOOTS DOWN MUSKETS
The Bristol Bats offense overwhelmed the Taunton Muskets at the weekend to sweep their opponents and stay in the race for a playoff spot in the BBF/SWWBL A league. The first game saw the Bristol teams’s offense run riot to win 13-2 with Alex Brown, Michael Comport, Jamie Hartley and Charlie Deeks all having multi-hit games. Brown, Comport and Deeks all hit doubles as the Bats scored heavily from the…
BADGERS AND BATS FIGHT BACK TO SWEEP OPPONENTS
The Badgers and Bats both swept their respective opponents in Keynsham at the weekend. In the BBF AAA match up, the Bristol Badgers fought back to beat SW Rebeldes 14-8 and 18-2 to go top of the BBF south west division. The Badgers were down 7-1 at the end of the first inning of the first game before fighting back to overwhelm the Rebeldes pitchers. The offense exploded in the…