Standings

Standings calculated automatically from schedule on Baseball Ireland website. Please see Official Schedule at: https://baseballireland.ie/league/169834/ [Last Accessed 16 October 2022]

Playoff Schedule

Playoff Schedule taken from Baseball Ireland website. Please see Official Schedule at: https://baseballireland.ie/league/175788/ [Last Accessed 16 October 2022]

Schedule

Schedule take from Baseball Ireland website. Please see Official Schedule at: https://baseballireland.ie/league/169834/ [Last Accessed 16 October 2022]

Weekly Recaps

Week 1 (1 April 2022)

Mariners Baseball and Dublin Spartans both got off to convincing winning starts in the Baseball Ireland Adult Leagues A League 2022 season, with Mariners Baseball defeating Ashbourne Giants 13-3 at Shanganagh at Dublin Spartans winning 8-0 versus Dublin Hurricanes at Corkagh Park. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 2 (8-9 April 2022)

Dublin Spartans continued their good start of season form with a 9-8 defeat at Corkagh Park of Mariners Baseball who dropped to 1-1, while Dublin Hurricanes were triumphant 8-3 versus Ashbourne Giants at the International Baseball Centre in Co. Meath. Hurricanes now moved to 1-1 while the Giants remained winless on 0-2. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 4 (23-24 April 2022)

After a bye week due to Easter the Baseball Ireland Adult Leagues got back to play on Saturday, the 23rd of April, with a match-up between the two Leinster Regional teams from just outside Dublin: Mariners Baseball from Greystones-Shankill and Ashbourne Giants from just outside the Dublin county line in Co. Meath. Mariners had the best of this game, winning 21-0 to move to 2-1 in the Standings, while Giants dropped to 0-3. On the Sunday, Dublin Spartans defeated Dublin Hurricanes 10-9 after 12 Innings to go 3-0 to start the season while the ‘canes drop to 1-2. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 5 (1 May 2022)

All games were rained off.

Midweek 6 (5 May 2022)

The first Midweek game of the season on the 4th of May between Hurricanes and Giants was cancelled, but on the 5th the Mariners won 15-0 versus the Spartans to go 3-1 and take over from the Spartans (3-2) as League leaders. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 6 (8 May 2022)

Dublin Spartans defeated Ashbourne Giants 15-7 at the IBC to go to 4-1 just half a game behind the Mariners who won 10-2 and 6-5 in a double-header with Dublin Hurricanes. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 7 (15 May 2022)

Mariners Baseball improved to 6-1, going 1.5 games ahead of nearest rivals Dublin Spartans with a 7-3 victory in Shanganagh Park. Ashbourne Giants gained their first victory of the season when winning by forfeit over Dublin Hurricanes, who drop below the Giants as a result. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 8 (22 May 2022)

Dublin Hurricanes shocked old rivals Dublin Spartans 10-5 to move to 2-5 and back in with a chance of the A League Playoff Final. Spartans dropped to 4-3 leaving Mariners Baseball clear leaders on 6-1. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Midweek 9 (25 May 2022)

Dublin Spartans won 8-7 versus Ashbourne Giants at Corkagh Park to improve to 5-3. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 9 (29 May 2022)

Mariners Baseball went 2.5 games in front at the top of the Baseball Ireland A League with a 5-2 victory over the Dublin Spartans at Shanganagh Park. The Mariners were now 7-1 and the Spartans 5-4 following the result. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 10 (5 June 2022)

Ashbourne Giants defeated Mariners Baseball 10-5 to close the gap at the top of the A League as Dublin Spartans capitalised on Mariners loss with a 13-3 victory at Corkagh Park over Dublin Hurricanes. Spartans went one game behind Mariners with the weekend’s results. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 11 (12 June 2022)

Mariners bounced back with a 19-0 defeat of Dublin Hurricanes to stay one step ahead of Dublin Spartans. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 14 (26 June 2022)

Ashbourne Giants received a walkover from Dublin Hurricanes [References: Results and Standings 1]

Midweek 15 (29 June 2022)

Dublin Spartans travelled to Co. Meath where they were narrowly defeated by Ashbourne Giants, 10-11 [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 15 (3 July 2022)

Dublin Hurricanes fell 9-2 at Mariners Baseball in Shanganagh, as Ashbourne Giants gained another win over Dublin Spartans, winning 4-1 at Corkagh Park [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 18 (24 July 2022)

Dublin Hurricanes created a major shock, defeating Mariners Baseball 17-9, as they improved to 3-9 and top-placed Mariners fell to 9-4. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Midweek 19 (26 July 2022)

Dublin Spartans gained revenge for two recent losses to Ashbourne Giants with a comprehensive 14-1 defeat of the Co. Meath team as they went 1.5 games clear of their probable playoff rivals. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Midweek 20 (3-4 August 2022)

Dublin Hurricanes improved form continued as they won 15-6 at Ashbourne Giants, and Dublin Spartans created a second midweek shock in two days when defeating Mariners Baseball 7-0. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 20 (7 August 2022)

Dublin Spartans and Mariners Baseball both got back on track with wins over Ashbourne Giants (13-5) and Dublin Hurricanes (11-7) respectively. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Midweek 21 (10 August 2022)

Ashbourne Giants had a shock 12-5 victory over Mariners Baseball. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 21 (14 August 2022)

Mariners Baseball’s slump continued as they lost for the fourth time in five games, 8-14 at home in Shanganagh Park versus Dublin Hurricanes. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 22 (21 August 2022)

Dublin Spartans went top of the A League with a come from behind walkoff 16-6 win over Corkagh Park rivals Dublin Hurricanes [References: Results and Standings 1][Please also see Game Reference in Game itself]

Midweek 23 (24-25 August 2022)

On Thursday August 2022 the Mariners Baseball regained form with a 6-0 defeat of Dublin Spartans in a game that was called at 5 Innings due to fading light. The previous day Ashbourne Giants triumphed 15-0 at home to Dublin Hurricanes, effectively eliminating the ‘canes from the playoffs. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 24 (28 August 2022)

Ashbourne Giants won 14-3 at Mariners Baseball to put some light betweenj themselves at the Dublin Hurricanes for the third place in the A League. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 25 (4 September 2022)

The Dublin Hurricanes and Dublin Spartans split a double-header at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, with the ‘canes sneaking game 1 6-5 and the Spartans winning the second game 10-3. Mariners Baseball drew level with the Spartans at the top of the A League with a 19-8 victory at Ashbourne Giants in Co. Meath. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Week 27 (17-18 September 2022)

The final matches of the regular season saw Dublin Hurricanes (7-14) split a two-game series with Ashbourne Giants after Ashbourne forfeited the first game and won the second 9-5, and in a low-scoring encounter down the M50 in Shanganagh Park, Mariners (13-8) triumphed 2-0 over Dublin Spartans (12-9) to take the A League Pennant by a game. Ashbourne Giants took third place and the last playoff place on 10-11. [References: Results and Standings 1]

Playoff Semi-Finals (25 September – 1 October 2022)

Ashbourne Giants came from one game down to take the A League Semi-Final Series by 2 games to 1. Giants had lost the first game to Dublin Spartans in Corkagh Park by the narrowest of margins, but then won the subsequent matches 10-2 and 11-5 to take the series. [References: Results and Standings 2]

A League Finals (8-15 October 2022)

Ashbourne Giants found a winning form just in time for the playoffs, winning their third and fourth game in a row by sweeping Mariners Baseball two games to nil in the A League Final. Giants won the first game 9-6 in Shanganagh Park and then triumphed 13-12 in the second game at home in Co. Meath. It was the Giants first A League Championship as the centre of power in Irish Baseball shifted north of the River Liffey for the first time since the foundation of the league in 1997 with Red Rox from Portmarnock also winning the B League Championship. [References: Results and Standings 2]

ABOUT BASEBALL IRELAND A LEAGUE 2022 SEASON

The 2022 Baseball Ireland A League season is the 16th of the B League since it spilt into two Leagues (A and B) in 2007, and the 25th in total since the Irish Baseball League was founded in 1997 (there were earlier attempts at starting an Irish Baseball League from the 1960s onwards – see the International Baseball page on Eirball for more details as well as Josh Chetwynd’s book “Baseball in Europe”. There are a total of 4 teams in the A League in 2022 the same four teams as in 2021.

MAP OF IRELAND 2022 COUNTIES, BOROUGHS AND DISTRICTS SHOWING LOGOS AND LOCATIONS OF BIAL A LEAGUE TEAMS 2022

RESULTS AND STANDINGS REFERENCES

[1] Baseball Ireland (2022) A League 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/169834/ [Accessed 14 October 2022]

[2] Baseball Ireland (2022) A League Playoffs 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/175788/ [Accessed 16 October 2022]

LOGO REFERENCES

[L-BI-1] Dublin Hurricanes (2022) Ashbourne-Giants-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.10.11-128×128 [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ashbourne-Giants-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.10.11-128×128.jpeg [Accessed 15 February 2022]

[L-BI-2] Dublin City Hurricanes Facebook Page (2018) Dublin City Hurricanes Logo [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/10933776_804798689591934_8248138920111264355_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&oh=fa032b0e9afd140ec2e5ffa4f8ae3c0b&oe=5C54C203 [Accessed 6 October 2018]

[L-BI-3] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2018) Dublin Spartans Logo [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/12472700_1694851807430395_1309963740216936694_n.png?_nc_cat=110&oh=7c98365b37e8084eb781a5c420a31619&oe=5C517A8C [Accessed 6 October 2018]

[L-BI-4] Mariners Baseball (2021) Profile Picture, April 7 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MarinersBaseballClub/photos/a.152658488121688/3793642710689896/ [Accessed 19 June 2021]

IMAGES

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Adrian Kelly, Tom Kelley and Dr. Jose A. Santos (Baseball Ireland) and Rav Mphande and Charles Fabian (Dublin City Hurricanes).

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