Won by Queensland - 4 runs to 3

Playing rightfield
Batting #3

Queensland - bottom first innings
Bylett walked (3-2)
Bylett stole second
Dutton struck out swinging (2-2)
Roneberg homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-0)..........
----------Bylett scored
----------Pitcher - Jarrad Eacott............
Utting struck out swinging (2-2)
Sutherland struck out swinging (2-2)
2 runs - 1 hit - 0 errors - 0 LOB

Queensland - bottom third innings
Baker walked (3-0)
Bylett flied out to lf (0-0)
Baker out at second p to 1b to ss, caught stealing
Dutton walked (3-2)
Roneberg struck out swinging (1-2)
0 runs - 0 hits - 0 errors - 1 LOB

Queensland - bottom sixth innings
Dutton walked (3-0)
Roneberg doubled to center field, RBI (0-1)..........
----------Dutton scored
Utting flied out to lf (1-1)
Sutherland struck out swinging (2-2)
Studeman flied out to rf (0-0)
1 run - 1 hit - 0 errors - 1 LOB

Queensland - bottom eighth innings
Bylett grounded out to 2b (3-1)
Dutton walked (3-1)
Roneberg grounded out to 2b (3-2)
----------Dutton advanced to second
Dutton advanced to third on a wild pitch
Utting singled to right field, RBI (3-1)
----------Dutton scored
Sutherland lined out to 3b (2-2)
1 run - 1 hit - 0 errors - 1 LOB

Plate appearances - 4
At bats - 4
Hits - 2
----------1 x double
----------1 x home run
Runs batted in - 3
Runs scored - 1
Strike out - 1
Infield ground out - 1
Batting Average - 0.500
Slugging Percentage - 1.500
On Base Percentage - 0.500

Plate appearances - 12
At bats - 9
Hits - 3
----------1 x single
----------1 x double
----------1 x home run
Runs batted in - 3
Runs scored - 1
Walks - 3
Strike out - 2
Infield ground out - 1
Infield fly out - 2
Outfield fly out - 1
Runners left in scoring position - 3
Batting Average - 0.333
Slugging Percentage - 0.778
On Base Percentage - 0.500

The Queensland Rams were obviously in no mood to "muck around" in the second game of this series after New South Wales snatched the opener from their grasp

Just to make sure that they did no favours to 'those Cockroaches' from the south, they rolled out the heaviest of their heavy artillery in this game
Recent 'AAA' pitcher Tristan Crawford got the ball rolling for them defensively with perhaps the finest start of his career on Australian soil including seven strike outs and only one earned run from his high-quality seven innings start
Crawford can take a bow as our 'MVP' from this game

Then, even though the strong NSW offence battled hard to get back into the game late, the Rams kept sending the hand grenades in the form of seasoned John Veitch, who struggled
However, Veitch was followed by former 'AAA' guy P.J Bevis and recent major leaguer Phil Stockman who allowed a run, but collected a save

Queensland's heavy artillery was not limited to pitching as a couple of AROOS team mates also did the scoring damage for them in this game
Former Helms Award winner Brett Roneberg lifted another gear with his game opening two-RBI home run over the centrefield fence and another RBI double in the sixth inning
What a consistent star this guy is!
Another Melbourne born Queenslander, Andrew Utting, supplied the other run via his 1-3 and a walk
Another former Helms Award winner Brad Dutton walked no less than three times and he also enjoyed crossing the plate twice for the Rams

It might irritate the New South Wales team to realise that they actually out-hit Queensland by the wide margin of 10-3 in this game, but eight walks issued compared with two would start to explain their predicament

Young Minnesota Twins' rookie Jarrad Eacott was pretty good for three innings by allowing only one run, but he needed six big strikeouts to almost cancel out his too many six free passes!
Vaughan Harris continues to build upon his underrated career after pitching the last five innings of the game and he would have been a hero for the Patriots if they had snatched the victory

Newcomer Rowan Standish matched the ever-present Tim Auty with 2-4 and a 'ribbie' each for the Pats, while steadily improving former pro Michael Lysaught also batted 2-4 in this game
Marvellous veteran Gavin Fingleson drove in the other run for NSW, while one of his very few senior citizens 'Slugga' Kingman batted 1-3 plus a stroll down the first base line
Young star Mitch Dening may have cooled down a fraction in this series, but his stature was confirmed when Queensland called upon P.J Bevis just to get his out in the knife-edged eighth inning as the only batter he faced!

The levelled 1-1 series sets up a delicious decider in the vital third rubber later today and, given the tightest of one run results in each game so far, everything is primed for a typical grandstand finish to this series
The outcome might well go some way to deciding who will represent the Eastern Division in the Claxton Shield final