It was the first time Braves defeated Redsox in eight years.

Braves led from the start, bringing in four runs in the first inning.

Some brilliant pitching by Grant Irving, who took 16 strikeouts for the day, saw to it that Redsox remained scoreless until the second where they managed to score one.

Braves answered with another in the third.

John Kus, pitching for Redsox, shutout the Braves in the fourth, while his team had their best inning with the bat to score two, closing the gap to a 5-3 lead for Braves.

Irving continued his onslaught and shutout Redsox for the next three innings. Braves increased their lead little by little, to be 7-3 up by the top of the eighth inning.

Braves cemented their win with another three runs in the last inning, while Redsox could only manage one.

Best Braves: Matt Bucci (four safe hits and very effective at short stop), Irving, Shane Gill and David Radovich. Best Redsox: James O'Rourke, Andy Matthews and Kus.

Another upset was played out at Newborough with Dodgers defeating Morwell Cougars for the first time this season.

A fast paced game resulted in a very tight contest.

Both teams hit the ball well but tight fielding kept scoring to a minimum.

The difference between winning and losing came down to costly unforced errors, which Dodgers mostly avoided, while Cougars managed six to bring in four unearned runs for their opposition.

Dodgers scored the first two runs for the game in the bottom of the first inning after shutting Cougars out in the top.

Good pitching by Dodgers' Brett Wilson and Cougars' Luke Hornstra made it an exciting game to watch.

Cougars scored their first two runs on a Hornstra homerun in the top of the fourth inning to level the score 2-all, but good hitting by Jason Smith and Simon Wilson brought in another for Dodgers in the fifth and they inched ahead once more.

Batting was even throughout and the pitching was fast but a couple of Cougar fumbles allowed Dodgers to score another two runs to finish with a 5-2 win.

Best Dodgers: Brett Wilson, Simon Wilson, Jason Smith and Nathan Simpson. Best Cougars: Ricki Collins, Hornstra, Chris Cumming and Chris Heppleston.

The results of the two games has returned Churchill Braves to second spot on the ladder, after sitting behind Cougars in third spot for the past few weeks.

Ladder: Traralgon Redsox 24, Churchill Braves 16, Morwell Cougars 15, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 9, Sale Rangers 2.

B grade

BRAVES def Redsox 11-4. Best Braves:

Cameron Cooen, Grant Irving and Greg Shields. Best Redsox: Don Saunders, Brett Sharp and Steven Cox.

Dodgers def Cougars 21-1. Best

Dodgers: Jason Smith, Ashley Poxon, Tony Luke and Matt Luke. Best Cougars: Martin Kennedy, Josh Bayley and Joel Anderson.

Ladder: Traralgon Redsox 20, Churchill Braves 18, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 12, Sale Rangers 6, Morwell Cougars 4.

C grade

BRAVES def Redsox 18-15. Best Braves: Gary Larkin, Scott Yeomans, Cameron Cooen and Tim Bellerby. Best Redsox: Chris Bennett, Damien Hector and Scott Pollerd.

Dodgers def Cougars 24-11. Best Dodgers: Phil Cervi, Simon Shaw and Dale Watt. Best Cougars: Nigel Aubrey, Trevor Banks and Chris May.

Ladder: Moe/Newborough Dodgers 18, Churchill Braves 16, Sale Rangers 10, Traralgon Redsox 9, Morwell Cougars 5.

Under 17

REDSOX def Braves 20-6. Best Redsox: Brad Adams, Matt Robsinson, Hayden Hector. Best Braves: John Goedhart, Cameron Cooen and Luke Hamilton.

Dodgers def Cougars 25-2. Best Dodgers: Nathan Simpson, Jayk Bloomfield and Ben Bloomfield. Best Cougars: Joel Morris and Lachlan Banks.

Ladder: Churchill Braves 14, Sale Rangers 11, Traralgon Redsox 11, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 10, Morwell Cougars 4.

Under 14

DODGERS def Cougars 14-10. Best Dodgers: Jake Bargwanna, Dale Simpson and Adam McKenzie. Best Cougars: Michael Aubrey, Kade Burns and Nathan Pace.

Ladder: Morwell Cougars 8, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 6, Traralgon Redsox 4.

Under 12

Ladder: Traralgon Redsox 8, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 8, Morwell Cougars 0.

Under 10 tee ball

REDSOX def Braves 35-9. Best Redsox: Lachlan Galea, Natalie Schoerman, Josh Greenough, Taylah Kus and Josh Galea. Best Braves: Brad Gill, Alex Jenkins, Tristan Clark and Riley Baylen.

Dodgers def Cougars 33-23. Best Dodgers: Reagan Crockford, Rebecca Ginters, Nick Luke and Jordy Wilson. Best Cougars: Brandon Barnes, Caleb Chatelier, Alison and Gemma Newton.

Ladder: Traralgon Redsox 15, Moe/Newborough Dodgers 9, Morwell Cougars 4, Churchill Braves 2.