Whanganui Braves has sent out a warning to Dodgers Grey, the top qualifier in Section 1 of the Manawatu Senior Reserve grade softball competition, they are coming all bats blazing.
Braves beat Huia Warriors 10-2 in convincing fashion on Saturday to qualify second behind Dodgers and set up an interesting finals qualifying series in the next few weeks.
Huia nearly upset Dodgers the Saturday before, losing in the end 4-3.
Once again the bat told the story. Aaron Mahony had a good day, hitting a home run, a three bagger and dropping a nice running bunt to beat the play to first. All the other runs came from good singles to keep the score board ticking over.
"Everyone is hitting the ball, with the exception of lead-off batter Paddy Steele who unfortunately has found himself in a batting slump these last few weeks," player/coach Shane Foster said.