At the end of Game Day 2, all three teams can win the preliminary group stage. However, the Connaught Rangers and the Leinster Royals can control their own destiny.

The Leinster Royals took a giant leap towards the final of the Gozo Cup Softball Tournament when they overwhelmed the 31st Athletics in the second round of the preliminary group stage. The Royals took a 5-0 lead in the 1st inning and went on to win in a convincing manner 7-2.

In the second game of Day 2 of the tournament, the Athletics managed to bounce back from that defeat at the hands of the Royals to beat the Connaught Rangers 3-6. This game was characterised by some fine defensive plays by both teams.

At the end of Game Day 2, all three teams can win the preliminary group stage. However, the Connaught Rangers and the Leinster Royals can control their own destiny.  The Rangers need to win their final two games, while the Royals need to beat the Rangers. On the other hand, the 31st Athletics need the Rangers to defeat the Royals in the first game of the doubleheader on Wednesday, July 16. They have to then go on to beat the Rangers in the final game of the preliminary group stage of the tournament to clinch first place. The team that tops the group gets a bye to the final, whereas the other two teams would have to face each other in a playoff for the right to contest the first ever final of the Gozo Cup.

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