Down Under Diary

A look at the Australian League.

STANDINGS

Adelaide, 12-8
Brisbane, 12-8
Sydney, 11-9
Canberra, 9-11
Perth, 8-11
Melbourne, 7-12

BATTING LEADERS

AVERAGE

Jack Murphy, Canberra, (Toronto) .397
Josh Davies, Melbourne, (San Diego) .385
Aaron Miller, Adelaide, (Dodgers) .383

HOME RUNS

Mitch Dening, Adelaide, (Boston) 8
Kellin Deglan, Melbourne, (Texas) 7
Johnny Field, Brisbane, (Tampa Bay) 6
Aaron Miller, Adelaide, (Dodgers) 6

RBIs

Kellin Deglan, (Texas) Melbourne, 18
David Kandilas, Sydney, (Colorado) 18
Mitch Walding, Canberra, (Philadelphia) 17

STOLEN BASES

Adam Engel, Melbourne, (White Sox) 10
Brandon Dixon, Adelaide, (Dodgers) 7
4 tied at 6

OBP

Kieran Bradford, Canberra,  .476
Jack Murphy, Canberra, (Toronto) .444
Thomas Coyle, Brisbane, (Tampa Bay) .442

SLUGGING

Aaron Miller, Adelaide, (Dodgers) .679
Brad Harman, Melbourne, (Philadelphia) .629
Trent Oeltjen, Sydney, (Arizona) .618

OPS

Aaron Miller, Adelaide, (Dodgers) 1.099
Josh Davies, Melbourne, (San Diego) 1.054
Jack Murphy, Canberra, (Toronto) 1.048

PITCHING LEADERS

ERA

Jorge Marban, Perth, (Texas) 1.59
Tim Atherton, Canberra, (Oakland) 2.30
Jaspreet Shergill, Brisbane, 2.57

WINS

Tim Atherton, Canberra, (Oakland) 4
Markus Solbach, Sydney, (Minnesota) 4
Josh Tols, Adelaide, 4

SAVES

Tyler Brunnemann, Adelaide, (Houston) 3
Jake Brown, Canberra, 2
Dustin Crenshaw, Canberra, 2
Dae-Sung Koo, Sydney, (Mets) 2
Matt Timms, Brisbane, (Atlanta) 2

INNINGS

Markus Solbach, Sydney, Minnesota, 34.1
Craig Anderson, Sydney, Baltimore, 33
Luke Wilkins, Sydney, 32.1

STRIKEOUTS

Ryan Searle, Brisbane, (Cubs) 31
Craig Stem, Adelaide, (Dodgers) 30
Craig Anderson, Sydney, (Baltimore) 29

WHIP

Ryan Searle, Brisbane, (Cubs) 0.90
Chen-Hua Lin, Brisbane, 0.92
Tim Atherton, Canberra, (Oakland) 0.99
Markus Solbach, Sydney, Minnesota, 0.99

TWINS

Logan Wade, Brisbane, .234/.269/.422, 64 at-bats

Sam Gibbons, Melbourne, 2-0, 1.29, 0.64 WHIP, 11 strikeouts, 14 innings (2 starts)
Josh Guyer, Sydney, 0-0, 9.00, 2.33 WHIP, 3 strikeouts, 3 innings (5 appearances)
Markus Solbach, Sydney, 4-0, 2.62, 0.99 WHIP, 25 strikeouts, 34.1 innings (5 starts, 1 relief appearance)
Todd Van Steensel, Sydney, 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 WHIP, 3 strikeouts, 1 inning (1 appearance)