Cardinals held their nerve in a thrilling tiebreaker to beat Ellis Park Maroon 11-10 in the Dunedin senior competition on Saturday.
Trailing 8-7, Cardinals needed some heroics in the seventh inning to force the tiebreaker.
Boe Carlson got to second base on a wild pitch and scored when Richard Hunt hit pitcher Krizevac Tuitea for a double.
In the tiebreaker, Doug Hill put down a bunt and made it to first on an error while Simon Maole advanced from second to third base.
Retimana struck out but pitcher Grant Phillips connected and made first with both Maole and Hill scoring. Up stepped Hunt again and slapped Tuitea for another double, batting in Phillips.
Ellis Park Maroon responded with Ryan Williams and Thomas Egan scoring. But Wayne Vial hit a flier to left field, Luke Egan was tagged out trying to steal third and Andrew Melville hit a flier to first base.
Dodgers rebounded from a dreadful start in their game against Ellis Park Gold to win 8-5.
Pitcher Blayne Howe walked the first two batters and then watched in horror as Gary Pointon hammered a homer.
Campbell Makea got to first base but rounded to third after a couple of errors. Ben Watts relieved Howe at the pitching mound but let loose with a wild pitch which allowed Makea to score.
Dodgers clawed three runs back in the third innings and tied the game in the fourth when Jeremy Rei scored after Watts put up a fly ball.
Dodgers sealed the win with a double in the sixth inning and won another tight fixture against Ellis Park Maroon later in the afternoon, winning 10-8.
Most of the action happened in the third innings with Cameron Watts, Ben Watts, Jamie Robinson and Brendan Taylor scoring for the Dodgers and Mark Christian, Alex Aerakis and Ryan Williams replying for Ellis Park Maroon.
In the other game, Ellis Park Gold scored 11 runs in the first three innings and beat Saints 13-7.
