Sunday (July 28) was a big derby day for Taunton Baseball Club, with the Muskets hosting the Pistols at Taunton Green.

In the penultimate round of the South West and Wales Baseball League regular season neither side had a chance of progressing to the postseason, with the Muskets holding third spot in the Wessex Division, just above the Pistols in fourth. In two tightly contested games the Muskets took the sweep, 17-2 and 20-9. 

Game one saw the visitors (the Pistols) take an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, with hits from Daniel Kirby-James, Steve Coles and Sarah Marsh putting the Muskets on the back foot.

The Muskets, however, quickly turned the momentum in their favour, scoring five runs of their own to take back the lead. Despite getting runners on base the Pistols were unable to add to their tally, struggling to make an impact against starting pitcher Andres Bianco.

Andres also inflicted much of the damage with the bat too, knocking in five runs, with Gabriel Carrillo-Ureta knocking in another three runs on three hits. The Muskets sealed the win at the end of the fourth inning, taking the game 17-2.

The Pistols started positively again in game two, scoring three in the bottom of the first inning, however the Muskets again gained the lead by the end of the first, scoring five.

Even though the Muskets continued to rack up the runs, the Pistols were not easily brushed aside, fighting back to take the score to 10-9 to the Muskets at the midpoint of the third inning. It was, however, the closest they came to Muskets, as the hosts added ten unanswered runs over the next two innings. That gave the Muskets a 20-9 win and the season sweep over the Pistols.