HSL ROUND-UP: OPENING DAY

 

The arrival of the sunny Spring weather was very well timed for the Opening Day of the Herts Spring League.  The HSL1 games took place in Hertfordshire while HSL2 was in Richmond. 

 

In HSL1 the Herts Falcons have the advantage after winning both their games vs Northampton and vs Burgess Hill (See separate game reports, box scores and more).  In the second game of the afternoon Burgess Hill took an early lead and never looked back against Northampton.

 

Burgess Hill @ Northampton
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5		R	H	E
Burgess Hill Redhats	0	7	6	7	3		23
Northampton	0	2	0	0	1		3

 

Northampton did appear to be missing several players, who hopefully will be back for the second weekend of action and they will hopefully get back in the race for the HSL1 title.  The falcons may be top of the standings after this first day of action, but the teams must not forget about the ASL Eagles who start their campaign next week at home at their Honeypot Lane baseball facility in Stanmore and could prove to be a very dangerous opponent.

 

In HSL2 the Bracknell Blazers impressed with a 8-5 win against the Herts Hawks (See separate game reports, box scores and more).  Richmond also won their opening game against the Herts Raptors but were brought back to earth by the Sidewinders who produced a good performances winning the game 11-6.

 

Next weekend the HSL2 games will be held in Bracknell and Hertfordshire, where the Herts Hawks meet the newly formed Herts Raptors for the first time.  This a good opportunity for some Raptors to stake a claim for a spot with the higher ranked Herts hawks team.  See HSL website for details of the upcoming games.

 

A secial thank you to Jon Gamble, a baseball fan and photographer, who came to Grovehill Ballpark to watch the HSL Opening Day and helped the Herts Baseball Newswire by providing many of the photos.

 

Photos from Opening Day:

HSL1 Photos

HSL2 Photos

More HSL2 Photos