Another Herts vs London epic expected this Saturday

This Saturday, 14 September, Herts Harriers go into battle with their old rival, the London Mets. Over the years these two clubs have locked horns and have produced some of the greatest games in British baseball.

The generation of players playing in the Under-17 league this season first met in the 2009 Under-14 national final. It was an epic game which the Mets won 1-0 (click to view). The following year the two teams met again in the U14 final. On that occasion Herts had their revenge with a come-from-behind 2-1 win which gave them the club’s first national title at the U14 league level (click to view). In 2011 London and Herts met in the U14 league quarter-finals Herts had the upper-hand again slugging their way to the semis with home runs by Brodie Caress, Richard Ganster and Zack Longboy (click to view). Herts went on to finish second losing in the final to LYBL. 2012 was the first meeting between Herts and London in the U17 league postseason. London dominated winning it 13-2 (click to view).

This season it would take a brave person to predict the outcome of this Saturday’s U17 semi-final between the two teams. They met twice in the regular season. In the first meeting the game was tied 11-11 and went into extra innings, ending with a wild scoreline of 24-11 to the London Mets (click to view). On the final day of the regular season Herts turned the table with a 14-7 win over the Mets (click to view).

What will Saturday’s titanic semi-final clash bring? One thing is certain. There will be drama. The game is scheduled for 10:30am this Saturday, 14 September, and will be played at Farnham Park in Slough (postcode SL2 3BP). The game is expected to attract a record number of Herts fans who will be there to support both the Herts Harriers and the Herts Falcons who are in semi-final action in the afternoon.