A brief report on the Muratti A game which took place on September 18th (photos will be online soon!).

First Innings: 3-0 Jersey
Jersey started with a 1 bagger, followed by 2 outs. Then a home run saw them score 3.

Guernsey struggled to get on with some clean hits with 5 batters up and no runs scored.

Second Innings: 7-3 Guernsey
Jersey had 2 consistent hits to Dale Martel, who barely lets anything pass him, so 2 up 2 down, then a nice little flyout to shortstop saw 3 up, 3 out.

Guernsey needed to start batting as they were 3 runs behind. A 1 bag hit from Sophie Warren followed by a “dolly” hit from Marco Sylvestri got her on bag only for Warren to then be run out on 2.  Jussie Smith managed a walk, then Martel had a great 3 bag hit scoring in Sylvestri and Smith.  Hannah Coutu (who wasn’t to be outdone by the boys) hit a 3 bagger and scored in 2 runs.  Ben Corson then scored in 1 run.

Third Innings: 7-4 Guernsey
A great home run from Jersey’s lead off Chris Le Lion.
Guernsey then had three infield outs – good fielding by Jersey.

Fourth Innings: 10-4 Guernsey
3 up, 3 down for Jersey by 2 good catches and a good stop by Martel with a take out on 1.
Lead-off Glen Cortez was up to bat and hit a flyball to centre field.  Coutu had another good hit with a 2 bagger, followed by Corson who also hit a 2 bagger.  JJ Mariess scored them both in with a home run.

Fifth Innings: 15-7 Guernsey
A couple of 1 bag hits and then walking a male allowed 3 runs to come in. 6 batters in total with no fielding errors from Guernsey.
Martel was up first with a text book 1 bag hit over 3rd base.  Danielle made it to 1 (thanks to 2nd base) and then followed a 1 bag hit from Cortez and Coutu, and 2 baggers from Corson and Warren. 5 runs scored in total.

Sixth Innings: 19-8
Jersey’s sub Anzola started strong with a 3 bagger, followed by a 1 bag hit. This was followed by a couple of infield hits but only allowed Jersey to only score 1 run.

Seventh Innings:
Guernsey were 12 runs ahead and Jersey really need to score. Jersey’s lead off was up to bat but was out by a great catch by Sue Fish at right field.  Jersey then had a couple more outfield hits but only managed to score 3 runs in total.
Guernsey didn’t need to bat..

Final Score 19-11 Guernsey

Comments:
Dale Martel only gave up 2 walks in 38 @ bats but he did bat 1,000.
Great batting and fielding by Hannah Coutu.