LAHORE, Dec 31: Police and Punjab earned victories on third day of the 19th National Baseball Championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex here on Saturday.

Police overpowered Balochistan by a big margin of 16-1.

The winners made a stormy start, scoring 12 runs in the first innings against just one by Balochistan.

Shabbir, Ahsan, Musaddaq Hanif, Dure Hussain and Abdullah scored two runs each, while, Mohammad Usman and Shahzad Raza contributed one run each.

The lone run from Balochistan was contributed by Usman.

Police added four more runs in the second innings.

Shabbir, Nasir, Musaddaq Hanif and Abdullah all scored one run for Police.

Punjab easily toppled Sindh 11-1 in the second match after both teams could only score one run each in the first innings.

For Punjab, Azeem scored the run in the first innings while the losing side’s only run came through Nadeem Azhar.

Punjab in the second innings moved ahead, scoring five runs through Azeem, Muzafar, Ali Raza, Aqeel and Afzal.

In the third innings, the winners scored five more runs.—Sports Reporter