Burnside qualifies for softball final

Press, 11 February 1981, Page 25

Burnside qualifies for softball final

I Burnside has qualified for the • national final of the Qantel: • knock-out men’s softball tourna-' Iment in Wellington on March 1. I I The Christchurch club side will; :make the trip to Wellington on' the basis of its unbeaten record • i in. the South Island zone final at |Oamaru on Sunday. In the first match against Rogers (Timaru) the only run came from the bat of the Burnside third baseman, Lindsay Anderson. who hit home Keith Pullar. Anderson had made a dream debut for New Zealand in the test against Peterbilt (Seattle) the previous day. The Burnside batters were generally unable to get on to the opposition pitcher. Their own pitcher. Michael Hall, replacing his brother, Alan in the third In-

linings, struck-out 11 of ths 15 I .Rangers batters he faced. •; Burnside had no such trouble ;in the second game and needed [Only four turns at bat to. beat ■ the youthful Ashburton side. G. 1• T. Furnishers, 12-0. All the batters hit the ball well and were backed up by Alan Hall who faced 16 batters and “fanned” 10 of them. In the final Burnside got off to • a splendid start and went on to a most comfortable 9-3 win over . Tenderkist (Dunedin). All- Tenderkist’s runs came in the final innings, Anderson, playing against his former club-mates, batted well and Michael Hah, John Daly, and Roger Hutton all hit home runs. Michael Hall struck-out 10 batters of the 25 he faced.