A big day for Logan Wade. A solid inning for Josh Guyer. Adelaide needed to watch the Berti.
BRISBANE 9, SYDNEY 2 IN SYDNEY
Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 4-for-5 with one run and two RBIs. Josh Guyer (Sydney) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Brisbane: Steven Greer was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Patrick Leonard (Tampa Bay) was 1-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Andrew Aizenstadt struck out five in 5.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks.
Sydney: Michael Lysaught was 1-for-4 with two RBIs. Trent Schmutter was 1-for-2 with two walks and a double, scoring once. Mitch Dening was 1-for-3 with a walk.
The game: Lysaught's two-run single in the second put Sydney ahead 2-0. It was all downhill from there. David Sutherland's RBI single put Brisbane on the board in the third. In the fourth, Brisbane took control of the game with a six-run outburst. RBI singles by Wade and Marcus Bradley tied the score and put Brisbane ahead, respectively. That was followed by two-run doubles by Leonard and Greer. Sydney's only real threat to get back into the game came with they loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, but a line drive double play ended the inning.
PERTH 4, MELBOURNE 2 IN PERTH
Melbourne: Jered Schlehuber (Kansas City) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his fifth. Ryan Casteel (Colorado) was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Joe Burns (Texas) pitched seven shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk with six strikeouts.
Perth: Corey Adamson (San Diego) was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Luke Hughes was 0-for-2 with two walks and an RBI. Anthony Claggett struck out seven in seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk.
The game: Schlehuber hit a two-out homer in the first to put Melbourne on the board. It stayed 1-0 until the sixth, when an RBI ground out put Melbourne ahead 2-0. It looked like the lead might hold up, but in the eighth, Adamson singled in a run, Tucker Nathans (Baltimore) had an RBI single to tie it, a bases-loaded walk put Perth ahead, and a sacrifice fly made it 4-2. Melbourne got a leadoff walk in the ninth but could do nothing with it.
CANBERRA 8, ADELAIDE 5 IN ADELAIDE
Canberra: Jon Berti (Toronto) was 3-for-4 with a walk, two double, and a triple, scoring three times and driving in three. Mike Crouse (Toronto) was 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, and two home runs (his third and fourth). Ethan Cole struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk.
Adelaide: Joe Sclafani (Houston) was 2-for-3 with a walk and two doubles, scoring once and driving in one. James Baldwin (Dodgers) was 1-for-4 with a double and a run. T. J. Hose pitched five innings of relief, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Crouse put Canberra on the board in the second with a home run. The lead went to 2-0 in the third when Berti doubled, stole third, and scored on a ground out. In the fourth, Canberra scored five times to take a commanding lead. Crouse led off with another homer, Berti hit a bases-loaded triple, and Casey Frawley singled in Berti. Canberra scored in the top of the sixth to build the lead to 8-0. Adelaide got one in the sixth and one in the eighth and threatened to get back into the game with three runs in the ninth. The three runs scored without a hit, as Canberra reliever Casey Beck issued five walks and uncorked five wild pitches. Canberra had the bases loaded with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.