After a bright opening, in which they scored three runs, the Reds were outscored in the bottom of the innings and failed to cross the plate again.

In that first innings, Alex Maiden (bunt), Jade Olsen and Anneke Piercy all had hits and they were converted into runs by a Charli McNaughton right field hit.

The Warriors then batted in four runs with hits to Kristy Tenison, Makaylee Little, Carmel Hutchinson and Alana Hickey all contributing.

The Reds next three batting innings were all shutouts and despite the Reds shutting out the Warriors in the bottom of the third the Greens added four runs in the bottom of the second and five in the bottom of the fourth.

This resulted in the mercy rule being applied as the final scoreline was 13-3.

Hutchinson, Montana Kearnes, Layhnee Kearnes and Jess Grant managed safe hits in this period, while the Reds' Piercy had her second left field hit in the same period.

The Warriors will meet the Saints in next week's major semi-final, whilst the Reds will clash with Turvey Park Blue in the elimination semi-final.

In the other game, Turvey Park Blue made it consecutive wins when they defeated Saints 9-4.

The Blues entered the game with the aim of 'counting down' the shutouts and then scoring at least one run in their turns at bat.

The goal started well with a shut out of the Saints in their first innings thanks to some splendid fielding by Leila Wadley and Charli Hall.

Hall picked a walk and was batted in by Amanda Gooden, giving the Blues an early lead.

The top of the second was another shut out by Turvey, but, so too was Turvey shut out.

The Turvey plan to shut out the Saints again went astray when a flurry of safe hits to the Saints' Natalie Bourke, Gemma McGlynn, Tessa McGlynn, Rochelle Harley and Grace Ryan enabled Bourke, Jess Wild and the McGlynns all to score.

Down 4-1, the Reds dug deep and with hits to Sophie Gooden, Charli Hall (home run), Leila Wadley and Nerida Bates the Reds tied the score up.

A highlight of the innings was the double-play by Rochelle Harley to end the Blues innings.

Back to the aim of more shut outs, Turvey 'hopped on the wagon' again and did, in fact, dismiss the Saints without score in their next four innings.

Meanwhile, with the bat, the Blues added three runs in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the bottom of the sixth, giving the Blues an impressive 9-4 victory.

Those final three innings saw Ruby Thornely, Sophie Gooden, Charli Hall, Leila Wadley and Nerida Bates all register safe hits.

Laura Harley, Tessa McGlynn and Paula Potts did so in the same period for Saints, but none were converted into runs.

The Saints will hope to bounce back when they meet the Warriors in next week's major semi-final, while the young Turvey Park Blue team will look to continuing their improvement when they play Turvey Park Red in the minor semi.

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