Isaac Fletcher hit a grand slam to lead the Black Sox into the Challenge Cup grand final.

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Black Sox slugger Isaac Fletcher belted his side into the TAB Challenge Cup final with a walk-off grand slam to give the side an 8-6 come-from-behind win against Argentina on Saturday.

Fletcher was brought into the game as a replacement for Ben Enoka, who was ejected for his part in an all-in brawl that took several minutes to defuse, with the Black Sox down 6-1 in the seventh and final inning. 

Argentina accumulated runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to lead the Black Sox, before the Black Sox hit three singles and earned two walks to bring in two runs and leave the bases loaded in an exciting seventh inning which also included an error, and illegal pitch and a hit by pitch.

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Ben Enoka starred for the Black Sox in the win against Australia.

 

With the bags full, Argentinian pitcher Roman Godoy hit Campbell Enoka on the ankle to score one of the two runs, which the Black Sox took exception to and dugouts cleared for an altercation that stopped the game for five minutes.

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Ben Enoka, who was due up to the plate, was ejected and replaced by Fletcher who would  step up to the plate with the game on the line. 

The left-hander only needed to see two pitches, sending the second high over the right field fence to give the Sox an 8-6 win.

The Black Sox now go through to the grand final on Sunday and will face either Japan or Argentina..

Earlier in the day, Brothers Ben and Thomas Enoka fired the Black Sox to a tense 5-4 win over Australia.

The brothers bagged two RBIs apiece as the Black Sox leapt out to a 5-1 lead over their trans-Tasman rivals in the fifth inning.

However, the Australians closed the gap to 5-4 in the sixth inning before the New Zealanders held on in an exciting finish.

Both Australia and New Zealand tallied six hits each through their line-ups.

The New Zealanders opened the day by bouncing back from their loss to Japan on Friday by thrashing the Czech Republic 8-1.

 - Stuff