Not much drama. Allan de San Miguel hit a key home run.
PERTH 6, BRISBANE 1 IN PERTH
Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 0-for-1 with two walks.
Brisbane: Brad Dutton was 2-for-3 with a run.
Perth: Matt Kennelly (Atlanta) was 3-for-4 with a run. Brandon Tripp was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his eighth. Anthony Claggett pitched five innings, allowing one run on one hit and five walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Brisbane got on the board first, scoring a run in the top of the third on a force out. Perth took the lead in the bottom of the third, getting RBI singles from Joey Wong (Colorado) and Tucker Nathans (Baltimore) to go ahead 2-1. It stayed 2-1 until the sixth, when Allan de San Miguel hit a three-run homer to make it 5-1. Tripp homered in the seventh to make it 6-1.
CANBERRA 10, SYDNEY 0 IN SYDNEY
Twins: Josh Guyer (Sydney) struck out five in five innings of relief, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks.
Canberra: Jack Murphy (Toronto) was 5-for-5 with a run and two RBIs. Casey Frawley was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run (his fifth), scoring twice. Ethan Cole pitched six innings, giving up two hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
Sydney: Zach Shepherd was 1-for-3 with a double. Keon Broxton (Arizona) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
The game: Canberra scored six in the first to put this one out of reach early. They batted ten in the inning. Murphy singled in one, there was a bases-loaded hit batsman, a bases-loaded walk, and a three-run double by Aaron Sloan. Sydney never threatened to get back into the game.
MELBOURNE 7, ADELAIDE 3 IN ADELAIDE
Melbourne: Jarryd Rogers was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Ryan Casteel (Colorado) was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, scoring once and driving in one. John Hussey (San Diego) struck out nine in 7.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.
Adelaide: Josh Cakebread was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Stefan Welch (Boston) was 1-for-4 with a home run. James Campbell (Dodgers) pitched 7.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
The game: There was no score until the fifth, when Melbourne scored once on a double play. It stayed 1-0 until the eighth, when Tyler Massey (Colorado) hit a three-run homer and Casteel had an RBI triple to make the score 5-0. Adelaide never got closer than four runs after that.