A father-and-son combination inspired the Cardinals to a rare
win in the Dunedin club competition on Saturd
Seventeen-year-old Kaikorai Valley College pupil Joshua
Ludlow got his first win as he pitched the Cardinals to an
8-4 upset of the Saints.
It was the first win for the club since February 28, when it
broke a 15-game losing streak by upsetting the Saints 5-4.
What made it even more special for the rising Ludlow on
Saturday was the combination he struck up with his catcher -
his father, Cardinals player-coach Mark (50).
Glenn Forrester has started this season behind the plate but
Ludlow senior had his turn on Saturday.
Joshua Ludlow made a rough start, coughing up three runs in
the first inning, but he recovered beautifully to pitch five
scoreless innings out of the next six.
The game was in the balance going into the seventh, with the
Cardinals holding a 5-4 lead highlighted by a Doug Hill home
run in the fourth.
Forrester and Richard Hunt chipped singles off Sam Jones and
were batted in by a Mark Ludlow double.
Ludlow then scored, and after the change of inning, he
watched his son concede a Mike Crowley double before retiring
three Saints batters in a row.
It was back to reality with a thump in the late game for the
Cardinals as they were beaten 8-1 by the Dodgers.
Brendan Taylor and Jamie Robinson both had triples off the
pitching of Forrester as the Dodgers scored three runs in the
first inning, and Ricky Boebel scored after his own triple in
the third.
It was 4-1 Dodgers through four innings and the new
competition leaders flexed their muscles in the fifth and
final inning as seven consecutive batters got on base through
hitting relief pitcher Steven Todd or being walked.
Sam Jones pitched a one-hit shutout through seven immaculate
innings as the Saints clobbered Ellis Park 6-0 in the third
game.
Jones had seven strike-outs and the solitary hit he conceded
was a Scott Dundass single in the final inning.
Saturday's games were the last for the year for most of the
students in the various Dunedin teams who do not return until
February.
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