Western Australia advances to U18 gold medal game

Written by David Penrose - Baseball Australia.
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Western Australia will play Queensland in the U18 gold medal game after downing Victoria White in its final game of the 2020 Australian Youth Championship opening round on Tuesday.

Western Australia will play Queensland in the U18 gold medal game after downing Victoria White in its final game of the 2020 Australian Youth Championship opening round on Tuesday.

WA rode a fast start to a 4-0 lead before going on to win 10-6 on diamond two at Geelong Baseball Centre.

WA v VICW: Box Score and play-by-play

Brady Oilphant and Maddux Stivey drove in four runs each for Western Australia, which finished the opening round with a 5-2 record.

Riley Franklin worked four solid innings, striking out one and allowing one earned run.

Rhys Fairweather drove in two runs for Vic White.

U18 EVENT HUB: Results, schedule and standings

The U18 gold medal game is scheduled for 4.30pm tomorrow on diamond one at Geelong.

Both gold medal games will be broadcast live at baseball.com.au/videos.

For all the #AYC2020 U18 results, schedules, rosters and latest news head to the event hub.