Kennellys are keen for Perth.  A sweep for Melbourne.

PERTH 4, BRISBANE 3 IN BRISBANE (GAME 1--8 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

Twins:  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 1-for-4.

Perth:  Tim Kennelly (Philadelphia) was 3-for-4 with a run.  Matt Kennelly (Atlanta) was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs.  Jack Frawley pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Brisbane:  Joshua Roberts was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his second.  David Sutherland was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Rhys Niit pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit and no walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Roberts homered in the first to give Brisbane a 1-0 lead.  Matt Kennelly hit a two-run homer and George Barber had an RBI double in the second to put Perth up 3-1.  Single runs for Brisbane in the fourth and fifth tied the score.  It stayed tied until the eighth, when Brandon Tripp doubled, went to third on a single, and scored on a sacrifice fly.  The game was halted after eight innings.

BRISBANE 3, PERTH 0 IN BRISBANE (GAME 2)

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

Perth:  Tucker Nathans was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Tim Kennelly (Philadelphia) was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Anthony Claggett pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Brisbane:  Joey Rickard (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.  Ryan Battaglia (Cleveland) was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.  Ryan Searle (Cubs) struck out six in five innings, allowing four hits and no walks.

The game:  In the first inning, Rickard tripled in a run and scored on a ground out to give Brisbane a 2-0 lead.  The other run came on Battaglia's homer in the seventh.  Perth did not get a man past second base.

MELBOURNE 3, ADELAIDE 0 IN MELBOURNE (GAME 1--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

Adelaide:  Stefan Welch (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-3.  John Cannon (Dodgers) was 1-for-3 with a double.  Fu-Te Ni pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Melbourne:  Ryan Casteel (Oakland) was 1-for-3 with a home run, his fourth.  John Hussey (San Diego) pitched six innings, allowing five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  Casteel's homer in the fifth opened the scoring.  Melbourne closed the scoring in the next inning, the sixth, on an RBI single by Brad Harman and a ground out.  Adelaide's biggest scoring threat came in the fourth, when Brock Hebert (Seattle) was thrown out trying to score from second on a single.

MELBOURNE 5, ADELAIDE 4 IN MELBOURNE (GAME 2--11 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 9 INNINGS)

Adelaide:  Stefan Welch (Pittsburgh) was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run.  John Cannon (Dodgers) was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  James Campbell (Dodgers)pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks with two strikeouts.

Melbourne:  Tyler Massey (Colorado) was 3-for-6 with an RBI.  Komei Fujisawa was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs.  Justin Erasmus pitched four shutout innings of relief, allowing two hits and two walks.

The game:  Each team scored one in the first and each team scored one in the second.  Cannon doubled in a run in the third to give Adelaide a 3-2 lead, but Melbourne came back with a two-run triple by Fujisawa in the fourth to go ahead 4-3.   An RBI ground out tied it in the seventh.  In the eleventh, Justin Trapp (Kansas City) drew a leadoff walk, went to second on a bunt, and scored on a single to left by Massey.

SYDNEY 8, CANBERRA 1 IN CANBERRA

Sydney:  Joshua Dean was 3-for-4 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two.  Zach Shepherd was 2-for-2 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.  Aaron Sookee (Angels) pitched 6.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Canberra:  Jason Sloan was 2-for-3.

The game:  Canberra's lone run came in the first inning, when Jon Berti (Toronto) walked, stole second, stole third, and scored on a throwing error.  An RBI ground out tied it in the third.  In the sixth, a bases-loaded walk, an RBI groundout, and a run-scoring single by Trent Schmutter gave Sydney a 4-1 lead.  Sydney added a run in the eighth and put the game out of reach with three in the ninth.