Adelaide Bite - ABL - Australian Baseball League

[bayman]

lets hope it isn't a 40 degree day on that day (or any other day in my book)

[bayman]

Bring back the Giants!

bring back beefa bear & little beefa bear

[Big Phil]

10 November, 2010

2010/2011 AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE

Series one, game one – Adelaide ETSA Bite v Melbourne Aces

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ADELAIDE LOOKING FOR FAST START

South Australia finished second in last season's Claxton Shield, after losing to Victoria in the grand final, which makes the opening round of the new Australian Baseball League and mouth-watering proposition, with Adelaide ETSA Bite playing the Melbourne Aces from tomorrow night.

The new look Bite will play under Norwood Oval's recently installed lights for a weekend of action, with game one commencing at 7pm Thursday, followed by game two on Friday and double-header action on Saturday.

Paul Mildren has been slated as the Bites' starting pitcher on Thursday, with a range of imports, experienced personal and exiting youngster making up Adelaide's roster.

Make sure to get out to Norwood Oval for an entertaining experience while also helping create the type of atmosphere Adelaide sports lovers are famous for.

Adelaide ETSA Bite opens the season with a series against Melbourne Aces at Coopers Stadium, Norwood this Thursday at 7pm, with games to follow on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (4pm and 7pm).

Tickets can be purchased through the website www.adelaidebite.com.au or at the gates prior to the game.

[mighty_tiger_79]

well i have 24th and 25th off work so i might go and havalook at the 11am start. Might be able to provide some running commmentary!!! I certainly hope it aint anywhere near 40 degrees

[schimma]

Cant wait for tonight. Go the Bite. hopefully a big crowd for the first 3 nights. Chance to see top quality baseball

[bayman]

i couldn't make it as i've just finished work & it'd be about 8pm when we get there so i'll leave it until tomorrow night

[Thiele]

Adelaide Bite leads 1-0 at the top of the 4th

[Thiele]

Bite leads 4-0 after 4 innings

[bayman]

5rph said there is about 2,000 people there & they expect more tomorrow night, obviously a great start to the season & we will definately be there tomorrow night as i'm not working back on a friday

[Thiele]

Bite leads 5-0 after 5 innings

[Thiele]

For coverage over the net http://web.theabl.com.au/team5/page.jsp ... &sid=t4064 looks like a good crowd

[Thiele]

6-0 after 6

[Thiele]

7-0 after 7

[Big Phil]

Final Scores - Game 1:

Adelaide Bite - 9 (including 4 runs scored in the 4th inning)

Melbourne Aces - 1 (lots of field errors resulted in Adelaide runs)


Great effort by Paul Mildren to pitch the opening 7 innings without conceding any runs...

Perfect start by the Adelaide side, well done lads...

Official crowd at Norwood Oval tonight was 1,749 which isn't too bad, hoping for much more tomorrow night and Saturday for the double header...

[Big Phil]

http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064

[bloods08]

Had an awesome night tonight.

Certaintly has won me over and I'll be back (probably not tomorrow night but definitely saturday).

Quincy Latimore is going to be a fan favourite.

[Big Phil]

Press release from Adelaide's first up win....

BITE PUT ON MELBOURNE

Adelaide ETSA Bite began the new Australian Baseball League season off in style with a strong 9-1 victory over Melbourne Aces at Norwood Oval last night (Thursday).

With solid starting pitching from Paul Mildren and a complete batting display, the Bite looks like it will be a contender in the inaugural ABL season.

Mildren threw seven innings, giving up six hits and no runs, while striking out five batters in a dominant outing, justifying his selection for the opener.

Adelaide scored its first run in the second inning, after Mathew Smith walked, advance to second on an error and came home on Brandon Bantz' single.

An explosion of runs in the fourth inning saw the Bite take control of the game, as Dan Wilson and Bantz walked, James McOwen laid down a perfect bunt, Jeremy Cresswell knocked in two runs with a single, and Ben Wigmore plated the fourth with his second hit of the night.

After Adelaide scored single runs in the sixth and seventh frames, Melbourne finally scored in the eighth, when Andrew Russell's hit set up the Aces run, which came home on a double play.

Wigmore put the icing on his four-hit performance with a two-run home run in the eighth inning.

Game two starts at 7pm tonight, with a double-header on Saturday, from 4pm with the night cap at 7pm.


Adelaide 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 x - 9

Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1


Hits: Melbourne – Russell 2, Ijyiun 2, Wearne, Davies, Karlsen, Hashimoto;

Adelaide – Wigmore 4 (hr), Bantz 2, Cresswell 2, Latimore 2, McOwen, Wilson.

WP: P. Mildren; LP: A. Blackley.

[Big Phil]

GO ADELAIDE BITE

[bayman]

Final Scores - Game 2:

Adelaide Bite - 9 (Great come from behind win)

Melbourne Aces - 1 (let an early 3-0 lead slip)

Vetern pitcher Darren Fidge threw 8 complete frames including a strike out of all 3 batters in his final inning...

The Bite sink their teeth into the Aces again and now have a 2-0 series lead...

Game 3 and 4 to follow in a Double Header tomorrow with the first game at 4pm, followed by a 7pm contest

Somewhat dissapointing crowd yet again with 1,539 fans showing up, perhaps the weather kept a few at home and half the Parade was closed off tonight for a Fashion Parade...

that's the wrong score for game 2, we just got home from norwood & the score was 7-4 in favour of 'the adelaide bite'

[Big Phil]

That's the wrong score for game 2, we just got home from norwood & the score was 7-4 in favour of 'the adelaide bite'

Yeah, I know mate, had trouble with copy/paste and editing of my original post from last night's game...

All changed now, great win by the Bite, well done lads...

Good to see some familiar faces at the game last night and tonight...

Jay Shultz from the Power was there last night and tonight I saw Tom Corbett from the Eagles at the game...