Down Under Daily: Games of 12/30

JaDamion Williams and Tim Atherton lead Sydney to victory!

SYDNEY 4, ADELAIDE 0 IN SYDNEY

Twins: JaDamion Williams (Sydney) was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Tim Atherton (Syndey) struck out nine in seven innings, giving up three hits and no walks. Tyler Herr (Syndey) gave up a hit in one inning.

Game summary: Sydney scored all four runs in the eighth. Williams doubled in the first run and scored the second.

Adelaide: Dushan Ruzic struck out nine in 5.2 innings, giving up one hit and five walks.

Sydney: Mitch Dening (Boston) was 1-for-3 with two walks and two RBIs.

BRISBANE 6, MELBOURNE 1 IN BRISBANE

Twins: Sam Gibbons (Melbourne) gave up two runs on five hits and no walks in four innings, striking out one.

Game summary: Brisbane broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the third.

Melbourne: Elliot Biddle was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Brad Harman was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Brisbane: James Schult struck out ten in six innings, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk. Andrew Campbell (Cleveland) was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.

CANBERRA 10, PERTH 7 IN PERTH

Game summary: Canberra scored four in the third to take a 7-1 lead. It was 9-4 after five before Perth scored three in the sixth.

Canberra: Marcus Knecht was 3-for-5 with a double and a two-run homer, scoring twice. Ryan Stovall (Arizona) was 3-for-6 with a double and a triple, scoring once and driving in four.

Perth: Michael Ohlman (Baltimore) was 4-for-5 with a double and two home runs, driving in four. Corey Adamson was 3-for-4 and scored once.