An Allan de San Miguel sighting!

MELBOURNE 5, BRISBANE 3 IN BRISBANE

Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 0-for-3.

Game summary: Tied at three, Scott Wearne hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning.

Melbourne: Cameron Forbes struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up one hit. Wearne was 2-for-4 with four RBIs.

Brisbane: Carlos Alonso (Philadelphia) was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs. C. J. Beatty was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.

SYDNEY 2, ADELAIDE 1 IN SYDNEY

Game summary: James Robbins (Detroit) homered leading off the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.

Adelaide: Reed Brown pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out two. Adelaide had only two hits.

Sydney: Timothy Cox allowed an unearned run on no hits and one walk in five innings. Robbins was 2-for-4.

CANBERRA 8, PERTH 6 IN PERTH

Game summary: Trailing 5-2 after seven, Canberra scored five in the eighth to take the lead. Perth tied it in the bottom of the eighth, but Canberra got two in the ninth on a Marcus Knecht (Toronto) two-run double.

Canberra: Jeremy Barnes was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in three. Ryan Stovall (Arizona) was 3-for-5 with a double and scored once.

Perth: Anthony Claggett struck out eight in 6.2 innings, allowing an unearned run on seven hits and no walks. Allan de San Miguel (Baltimore) was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, scoring twice.