AMBITIOUS young pitcher Blake Peterson has set his sights on playing in a US baseball tournament.

The sixteen-year-old, who ultimately wants to play baseball at a US college, says he was invited to play his first game of baseball at three by a friend of his mother's.

"I was asked if I wanted to come down and try it out and I've loved it ever since," he said.

At age 11, he was scouted to play in...