Keas rule softball final roost

The Richmond Keas overturned the round-robin result against the PCU Devils to win the Show Weekend classic tournament final 3-2 at Mainland Foundation Ballpark in Christchurch yesterday.

PCU had gone through their five-match round-robin series unbeaten, including a hard-fought 2-1 win over Richmond in their last game.

However, in the final, which required a tiebreaker, Richmond scored the decisive run after the teams had been locked 2-all after six innings.

Richmond's Nathan Taikato earned the top pitcher award, giving up just one earned run from 20 innings pitched, while Stephen Ratu (PCU) was the best-performed batter with eight hits from 13 bats.

Five Christchurch teams, along with the Demons from Invercargill, contested the two-day event.

Results: Saturday – PCU 7 Albion 0, Papanui 4 Halswell 0, Richmond 5 Demons 4, PCU 4 Demons 0, Richmond Keas 13 Papanui 0, Albion 4 Pirates 2, PCU 11 Papanui 0, Richmond 11 Halswell 0, Demons 5 Albion 4.

Sunday – PCU 9 Halswell 0, Richmond 9 Albion 1, PCU 2 Richmond 1, Papanui 8 Demons 1, Demons 9 Halswell 8, Papanui 5 Albion 3. Final: Richmond 3 PCU 2.