BRISBANE 6, MELBOURNE 2 IN MELBOURNE

Trent Oeltjen hit a two-run homer in the first and Brisbane led all the way.  The lead was only 3-2 through two innings, though, and after a David Rodriguez homer in the third made it 4-2 there was no more scoring until the eighth.  In that inning, back-to-back homers by Logan Wade and Kevin Padlo put the game out of reach.  Five relievers combined to shut out Melbourne over the last 6.2 innings of the game.  Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-5 with a run for Brisbane.  Wade was 3-for-4.

Brisbane leads the best-of-three series 1-0.