Bartolo brothers in Portugal training camp

Saturday's game saw the Northenders host the Mustangs with the Bartolo brothers missing for the in-form Mellieha. Keith Bartolo and his younger brother Michael were at a baseball training camp in Portugal and a trial to play for Jeka Breda, a first division team in Holland.

Keith was spotted by Charles van der Meijs when he was in Malta last year for a baseball promoters course organised by the Maltese Baseball Softball Association (MABS).

Meanwhile, Saturday's match was sure to be the Mustangs' best opportunity to break the depleted Northenders' winning streak. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, the rain wouldn't allow the game to go further than the second inning and had to be stopped with the Mustangs leading four runs to two.

In baseball though, if the game is called off due to rain without playing at least five innings, the match will continue on another day with the same score as they left off, the same players in the line-up as started and the same runners on base.

Sunday was nothing but sunshine for the Gozo Tornadoes as they took on the Devils at Sannat. The Devils, still without a win, managed to score the most runs yet from the games they have played so far but unfortunately also gave away too many runs due to defensive errors and poor pitching.

The Devils will continue to suffer as their pitchers fail to find the strike zone and throw away runs by walking batters. On the other hand, the Devils have improved offensively as they are hitting the baseball more and have been more aggressive while running the bases.

The Gozo Tornadoes dominated the game and 16-6 was the final score in five innings with another big hit from Shaun Chircop, a double from Mark Buttigieg and hits from Jeff Tabone and Charles Attard.

The Devils' offence was led by Robert Mifsud's performance in sending the ball into centre field for double in the third inning. Hits from Ronald Sillick and Malcolm Cross also helped bring in some runs for the Devils.