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Mark Ward

Bellville Tygers clinched a dramatic win over Athlone Athletics to secure another crack on securing a place in the final of the Cape Town Baseball Federation Playoff Championship semi-final match played at Park Town in Athlone on Sunday.

Trailing 3-1 at the start of the night frame, Bellville staged a dramatic fightback when Kyle Ettish batted home Alan Randal to reduce the deficit to 3-2. With one down, Tyrone Milne tonked a triple to bring home Jonathan Philips and Ettish to take a 5-3 lead.

The visitors then clinched the match with a 5-3 win with a dramatic double play in the bottom of the ninth frame, when shortstop Jesse Hugo pivoted a double play. These results level the best out of three playoff series at 1-all after Athlone won the first 9-6 on Saturday.

The two teams will meet on Saturday at the PP Smit-sportsground in Bellville. The winner will go on to take VOB in the final a week later. VOB secured a 12-10 win over the Knights on Saturday.

Carl Michaels pitched eight innings for Athlone, faced 32 batters, allowed seven hits while he struck out six batters.

21:T45a,Mark Ward Bellville Tygers clinched a dramatic win over Athlone Athletics to secure another crack on securing a place in the final of the Cape Town Baseball Federation Playoff Championship semi-final match played at Park Town in Athlone on Sunday. Trailing 3-1 at the start of the night frame, Bellville staged a dramatic fightback when Kyle Ettish batted home Alan Randal to reduce the deficit to 3-2. With one down, Tyrone Milne tonked a triple to bring home Jonathan Philips and Ettish to take a 5-3 lead. The visitors then clinched the match with a 5-3 win with a dramatic double play in the bottom of the ninth frame, when shortstop Jesse Hugo pivoted a double play. These results level the best out of three playoff series at 1-all after Athlone won the first 9-6 on Saturday. The two teams will meet on Saturday at the PP Smit-sportsground in Bel