A good day for Logan Wade. Jacob May homers for a Sydney win. A big inning lifts Adelaide.
SYDNEY 10, BRISBANE 8 IN BRISBANE
Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.
Sydney: Joey DeMichele (White Sox) was 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs. Jacob May (White Sox) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and scored twice. Keon Broxton (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and scored twice.
Brisbane: Joey Rickard (Tampa Bay) was 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Andrew Campbell (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Matt Bates pitched two shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk with one strikeout.
The game: Sydney had leads of 6-1 and 7-2. Brisbane scored two in the fifth to cut it to 7-4. In the sixth, Tyler Goeddel hit a two-run single to cap a four-run inning and give Brisbane an 8-6 advantage. In the eighth, Trent D'Antonio hit an RBI double to tie the score and May hit a two-run homer to give Sydney a 10-8 lead. A pair of walks put two on with two out in the ninth for Brisbane.
ADELAIDE 4, MELBOURNE 2 IN MELBOURNE
Adelaide: Joe Sclafani (Houston) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run. Ben Lodge was 2-for-5 with a run. David Holman (Seattle) pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two unearned runs on one hit and two walks with four strikeouts.
Melbourne: Jared Schlehuber (Kansas City) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in one. Freddy Flores struck out four in two shutout innings, allowing on hits and one walk.
The game: James Baldwin (Dodgers) hit a two-run single, leading to a four-run fourth that put Adelaide ahead 4-0. Melbourne got both runs in the bottom of the sixth on an error, a hit batsman, a wild pitch, and a Schlehuber single. Melbourne only got one man on base after that.