Standings
| P | W | L | W/O | RF | RA | RD | GB | Pts | |
| *Mariners Baseball | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 41 | 33 | 0 | 21 |
| *Ashbourne Giants | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Dublin Spartans | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 69 | -30 | 4 | 6 |
| Dublin City Hurricanes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 4.7 | 4 |
Points: 3Pts Win, 0 pts Loss, -2 Pts Walkover (#)
Playoffs
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Finals | ||||
| 27.09.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 13 | Ashbourne Giants | 15 |
| 27.09.2020 | Ashbourne Giants | 7 | Mariners Baseball | 15 |
| Mariners won Series* |
*Mariners won series on basis of either having won League Pennant or Aggregate Runs (28-22)
Regular Season Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Week 1 | ||||
| 19.07.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 15 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 14 |
| 19.07.2020 | Dublin Spartans | 14 | Ashbourne Giants | 22 |
| Week 2 | ||||
| 26.07.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 5 | Dublin Spartans | 2 |
| 26.07.2020 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 11 | Ashbourne Giants | 13 |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 02.08.2020 | Dublin Spartans | 9 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 5 |
| 02.08.2020 | Ashbourne Giants | 14 | Mariners Baseball | 12 |
| Week 4 | ||||
| 09.08.2020 | Dublin Spartans | 10 | Ashbourne Giants | 13 |
| 09.08.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 3 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 7 |
| Week 5 | ||||
| 23.08.2020 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 4 | Ashbourne Giants | 5 |
| 23.08.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 7 | Dublin Spartans | 0 |
| Week 6 | ||||
| 30.08.2020 | Ashbourne Giants | 1 | Mariners Baseball | 7 |
| 30.08.2020 | Dublin Spartans | 0 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 4 |
| Week 7 | ||||
| 06.09.2020 | Ashbourne Giants | 1 | Dublin Spartans | 3 |
| 06.09.2020 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 0 # | Mariners Baseball | 9 |
| Week 8 | ||||
| 13.09.2020 | Ashboune Giants | 8 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 5 |
| 13.09.2020 | Dublin Spartans | 1 | Mariners Baseball | 12 |
| Week 9 | ||||
| 20.09.2020 | Dublin City Hurricanes | Dublin Spartans | ||
| 20.09.2020 | Mariners Baseball | 4 | Ashbourne Giants | 2 |
Report
The 2020 Baseball Ireland A League season was shortened to 9 weeks due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, and did not start until the first week of August.
After 3 weeks of the 2020 Baseball Ireland season, Ashbourne Giants were in top spot, with three wins from three, having defeated all other teams: Mariners Baseball 14-12, Dublin City Hurricanes 13-11 and Dublin Spartans 22-14.
Mariners Baseball were in second having picked up wins in weeks 2 and 3 over Dublin Spartans (5-2) and Dublin City Hurricanes (15-14). Dublin Spartans had got off the mark for 2020 with a 9-5 defeat of Dublin City Hurricanes in week 3 in the battle of the two winless teams.
By the end of August Ashbourne Giants had finally been defeated in a shock loss to Mariners, leaving them on 5-1, with the Mariners a game behind. Dublin City Hurricanes meanwhile had picked up their first win, a shock 7-3 win against Mariners Baseball, and then followed it up with a second victory over Dublin Spartans to move into third on 2-4.
The Mariners won the League Pennant with a 12-4 victory in the last game over Ashbourne Giants A, finishing on 7-2 and 21 Points to the Giants’ 6-3 and 18 Points. The Dublin Spartans finished on 6 Points (2-6) and the Dublin City Hurricanes on 4 (2-5 with one forfeit).
The Final was split one win each, however Mariners A took the title having both scored more runs on aggregate in the Final (28-22) and having won the A League Pennant.
Final – Game 1 Ashbourne Giants A 15 Mariners A 13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Giants A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 2 |
| Mariners A | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
Final – Game 2 Mariners A 15 Ashbourne Giants A 7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Mariners A | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 2 |
| Giants A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
References
[1] Baseball Ireland (2019) logo-300×85 [Internet] Available from: https://shared2.sportsmanager.ie/~baseballireland/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/logo-300×85.png [Accessed 9 September 2019]
Websites
[2] Baseball Ireland (2020) A League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/151693/ [Accessed 9 September 2019]
[3] Baseball Ireland (2020) Results [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/results/ [Accessed 28 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]
[4] Baseball Ireland (2020) League Standings as of 28 August 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/irish-league-standings-as-of-28-august/ [Accessed 28 August 2020, 31 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]
[5] Game Stream (2020) Irish Baseball League Giants A A Division Sunday, September 27, 11:30 A.M. [Internet] Available from: https://gc.com/game-5f6fa58384221d6d2e000001?fbclid=IwAR25JkwdKAAZ5acOkEJ-mNuOILwx4e5SMGh9fJSEOmdMhuseq5lz1eJoTMA [Accessed 29 September 2020]
[6] Game Stream (2020) Irish Baseball League Giants A A Division Sunday, September 27, 3:00 P.M. [Internet] Available from: https://gc.com/game-5f6fa58384221d6d49000002?fbclid=IwAR1JTCC_GhsCy2G_2E4r9-t4T4q17qfcpY7xDMqzF_go2kDccaz341DgGhw [Accessed 29 September 2020]
Images
[7] Mariners Baseball (2020) Post, September 27, 2020:”Ladies and Gents, your 2020 Irish Baseball A League Champions.” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/120261118_3267278249993014_3674259032910125761_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=E9nzqaomEJgAX_Um_1j&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=dd8ee6ccb75c80df61ed60780e6976fb&oe=5F9A94A4 [Accessed 29 September 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland & Peter Mullen, Dublin Black Sox
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