Tara Murray
Werribee Giants fell just short against a finals contender in the Baseball Victoria summer league division 2 men’s competition on Sunday.
After a 4-4 draw with St Kilda on Thursday night, the Giants faced Ormond Glenhuntly in the second last round of the season.
Ormond Glenhuntly came away with the points in a 5-1 win, but Giants coach Andrew Christou said there were some positive signs for his side.
“We played one of the top four teams,” he said. “We were right in the game until the seventh innings.
“We fell away towards the back end. It was our best game for the last month.”
The Giants sit in eighth spot with eight wins for the season. The side is already out of finals contention.
Christou said while you’re always aiming for finals, they had still had a successful season even though they hadn’t made it.
“It was a bit more of a development year,” he said. “We’ve got out of it what we wanted to get out of it.
“The younger guys got a bit more experience being around the playing group and making those friendships and learning the game a bit better.”
All of the Giants senior men’s sides have missed finals this season, with Christou saying they had struggled to get the wins this season.
The division 1 side will finish their season on Saturday against the Newport Rams.
“Newport at Newport,” Christou said. “They’re playing for a finals position. They are an old rival and if we beat them we can finish on a high and end their season.”
The Giants women’s side finished the regular season of the division 3 west competition in fourth spot.
On Saturday, the Giants faced Alfredton 5-1 to seal their finals spot. They finished with 10 wins for the season.
