Good games for James Beresford and Sam Gibbons.
BRISBANE 3, CANBERRA 0 IN BRISBANE (GAME 1—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Game summary: Brisbane scored one in the fourth and two in the sixth.
Canberra: Kody Hightower was 1-for-3 with a double.
Brisbane: James Schult pitched six innings, giving up five hits and no walks. Cody Clark was 2-for-3 with a double and scored once.
BRISBANE 10, CANBERRA 5 IN BRISBANE (GAME 2)
Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
Game summary: Brisbane led 4-0 after two. Canberra got three in the third, but Brisbane still led 6-3 after four and scored two in each of the seventh and eighth innings to put the game away.
Canberra: Aaron Sloan was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer. Ryan Stovall (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with a triple.
Brisbane: Joshua Roberts was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run, driving in four. David Sutherland was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
SYDNEY 5, MELBOURNE 4 IN SYDNEY
Twins: James Beresford (Melbourne) was 2-for-5 with a double and a run. JaDamion Williams (Sydney) was 0-for-3. Sam Gibbons (Melbourne) pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Game summary: Melbourne took the lead with three in the first. Sydney tied it in the fifth, then took the lead with two in the sixth. Melbourne got one in the eighth and had the tying run on third in both the eighth and the ninth, but both times had him thrown out at home.
Melbourne: Elliot Biddle was 3-for-5 with a double. Carlo Testa (Kansas City) was 1-for-2 with two walks and scored once.
Sydney: Geoffrey Klein (St. Louis) was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Trent D’Antonio (Miami) was 2-for-2 with an RBI.
PERTH 7, ADELAIDE 3 IN PERTH
Game summary: Adelaide scored two in the first. Perth tied it in the second, took a 3-2 lead in the third, and put it away with five in the fifth.
Adelaide: Ji-Man Choi (Seattle) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Quincy Latimore (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
Perth: Brendan Webb (Baltimore) was 2-for-2 with a home run and two walks, scoring twice. Michael Ohlman (Baltimore) was 2-for-4 with a double and scored once.