After losing game one 4-3, the Metrans redeemed themselves as the team to beat winning 21-5, in game 2 at Knox on Thursday night.

By Giacomo Bruno

With both teams cementing their spot in the SV Men’s Fastpitch finals last week, they came out eager to show what they can do in the finals series.

Starting the first game batting first, it was business as usual for the Metrans in the first inning. Opening the batting, Joel Southam would score the opening and only run of the inning.

The Knights only needed to chase one run to level the scores at the bottom of the first inning, they would be swift in tying the scores. Sam Beale ran home to get the Knights off the mark.

A combination of good fielding and pitching from the Knights, ensured the Metrans would go scoreless in the second inning. With a single run putting them in front, the Knights would also go scoreless, but would be hard done by. Jared Reynolds and Peter Lambley both dismissed by the umpire with pitches that looked to be balls rather than strikes.

In the third inning Southam would put his side ahead once again, and in the fourth inning swung big to extend the lead, but would ultimately be caught deep in the outfield.

In the next two innings, the Knights would reverse the deficit. Hayden Gillett ran home to level scores in the fourth inning. And would then hit the front when Sam Beales’ home run sent Andrew Gibbens and himself home to give the side a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning.

At the top of the final innings the Metrans needed two runs to avoid defeat, and it was Southam who answered once again, running home.

The Metrans would go out failing to add another run, as the Knights pulled off a spurring win in game one.

Coming off the surprise loss in the opening game, the Metrans regrouped and started the second game strongly. Having only scored a single run in the first inning of the last game, the Metrans fired out of the gates with three runs – Southam ran home to open the scoring.

The Metrans would begin to find their groove in the second game, and by the top of the fourth they found themselves 10 runs ahead. The side would continue to pile on the runs, scoring a season high 21 runs after the completion of the game.

It would’ve taken a gallant effort for the Knights if they were to leave Knox with consecutive wins, as they ultimately fell short by 16 runs, 21-5.