Jakarta Blue minor league team still unbeaten in SEAYBST

Jakarta Blue minor league team still unbeaten in SEAYBST

Agnes Winarti

THE JAKARTA POST/JAKARTA

Jakarta blue baseball minor league team, a top contender at the ongoing South East Asia Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament (SEAYBST) In the capital, remains unbeaten after the first three days of the championship.

Jakarta Blue crushed Perth 8-4 (2-0-0-0-0-0, 3-2, 0-0, 3-2) in the boys minor league match on Tuesday.

“The teams were on par in regard to technique. We managed to capitalize on perth’s mistakes during the game and pressure them with aggressive play,” Jakarta Blue team manager Iwan Sadono told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

Jakarta Blue defeated compatriots Jakarta Silver 12-7 in Monday’s match, While on day one, Jakarta Blue crushed Bangkok 14-2.

The promising host team will meet Singapore on Wednesday and face-off against Manila on Thursday.

“Manila team will be our biggest threat because they are also an aggressive team, besides having great pitchers and their own professional coach”, said Iwan, adding that Jakarta Blue’s coach, Matt sinder was in fact a parent of one of a team member.

“I am convinced thet we will be able to outrun Singapore tomorrow”, added Iwan, whose son Aryo Damar plays a as pitcher, short stop and first baseman in the team.

The Singapore team will be tought to beat, proving their mettle by winning theie first two games against Bangkok (9-1) and Jakarta Silver (7-5).

“I saw [Singapore] play in a tour- ney last year in Singapore. They did not play well,’said Iwan in high spirit.

Jakarta Blue is a heavily tipped favorite to win this year’s SEAYBST at is it made up by most of the Rokies – the minor league champion team at at Jakarta Youth baseball Association (JYBA) Tournament, which ran from November last year to March this year.

The tournament, which runs until March 27,is divided into boy’s minor, major and senior league baseball and girl’s major and senior leagues.

In another baseball minor league’s match on Thuesday, Jakarta Silver beat Bangkok 17-13. meanwhile, in the baseball major league sector, Jakarta Blue defeated Jakarta Silver 7-0, Manila fell to Bangkok 10-12 and Pert 1-2 to Singapore.

In the baseball senior league, Bangkok crushed Perth2 10-5, while in the softball senior league, Manila2 lost to Peerth 6-10, and in the softball major, perth crushed Manila 28-2.

Four baseball minor league matches, three senior league matches, a major league match, and three girl’s softball matches scheduled on Thuesday ware stopped due to heavy rain.