{"id":9020,"date":"2011-03-13T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T01:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9020"},"modified":"2011-03-13T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T01:37:39","slug":"marlinz-men-control-final-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9020","title":{"rendered":"Marlinz men control final (NZ)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9021\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/waikato-times\/sport\/4765819\/Marlinz-men-control-final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Waikato-Times.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"untitled\" width=\"160\" height=\"90\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9021\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for original news story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Power hitting by their batters, including a five-run blast in the third inning, and a dominant pitching display by Te Ate Walker saw Waikato&#8217;s Marlinz to take out the Kotahitanga Fastpitch men&#8217;s softball title on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Marlinz beat Ngati Kahu Braves, from Rotorua, 11-0 in the final at Resthills Park after downing Manurewa Mets 8-5 in the semifinal earlier in the day. The Braves had come off a marathon 10-inning semi against Fairfield OU which they won 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Marlinz outhit the Braves 8-2 and wrapped up the victory in the space of just four innings.<\/p>\n<p>The home side were 4-0 up going into the top of the third but automatic home runs from the bats of Carlos Kohu-Martin, who had two hits in the game, and Brendon Rogers had them out to 9-0 and another two runs in the fourth saw the contest ended early by the mercy rule.<\/p>\n<p>Walker faced 17 batters and took five strikeouts, while giving up just two hits and two walks. Kohu-Martin also collected three hits for Marlinz in their semifinal victory.<\/p>\n<p>Things did not go Marlinz&#8217; way in the women&#8217;s final where they were beaten 5-1 by Papakura Royals, who had earlier squeezed past Melville 1-0 in the semifinals by hitting the winning run in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>Marlinz had blanked Manurewa Mets 10-0 earlier in the semifinals with 12 hits to none but let the Royals get off to a 4-0 start in the first inning of the final and were never able to haul it back.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan-Leigh Koni got two of Royals&#8217; five hits and, on the pitching mound, allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out 14 of the 25 batters she faced.<\/p>\n<p> 2010-11 TROPHIES<\/p>\n<p>Top batter:  men \u2013 Hohepa Monk (Fairfield OU); women \u2013 Tyler Downs (Melville);<\/p>\n<p>Most RBIs:  men \u2013 Hohepa Monk (Fairfield OU).women \u2013 Lynda Luke (Marlinz);<\/p>\n<p>Top pitcher: men \u2013 Andy Lee (TC Stealers). women \u2013 Jordan-Leigh Koni (Royals);<\/p>\n<p>Most valuable player: men \u2013 Hohepa Monk (Fairfield OU);  women \u2013 Lynda Luke (Marlinz);<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power hitting by their batters, including a five-run blast in the third inning, and a dominant pitching display by Te Ate Walker saw Waikato&#8217;s Marlinz to take out the Kotahitanga Fastpitch men&#8217;s softball title on Saturday. 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