Week three in the Australian Baseball League ended with a 2-0 shutout by the Sydney Blue Sox over the Brisbane Bandits. Joshua Dean and Patrick Maat scored the two lone runs of the day in the seventh inning on a RBI single by Andrew Graham and a sac fly by Michael Lysaught. Brad Dutton and Daniel Lamb-Hunt had one hit each for Brisbane. After being called out on strikes in the eighth, Dutton got ejected by home plate umpire Craig Beinke. Craig Anderson (W 1-0) allowed just six hits and a walk in seven scoreless innings for the win. With the win Sydney moved into a tie with the Adelaide Bite (both 6-2) for first place in the Australian Baseball League. Canberra Cavalry with German first baseman/outfielder Donald Lutz and Dutch shortstop Mariekson Gregorius is 2-6.
Results Week 3:
Wednesday, November 17:
Perth Heat – Adelaide Bite 4-2
Thursday, November 18:
Perth Heat – Adelaide Bite 3-7
Canberra Cavalry – Melbourne Aces 5-2
Brisbane Bandits – Sydney Blue Sox 9-5
Friday, November 19:
Brisbane Bandits – Sydney Blue Sox 4-3 (12)
Perth Heat – Adelaide Bite 6-4 (12)
Canberra Cavalry – Melbourne Aces 0-4
Brisbane Bandits – Sydney Blue Sox 0-4
Saturday, November 20:
Canberra Cavalry – Melbourne Aces 1-3
Perth Heat – Adelaide Bite 3-4
Canberra Cavalry – Melbourne Aces 9-8 (11)
Sunday, November 21:
Brisbane Bandits – Sydney Blue Sox 0-2
Live play by play and box scores on the official website
Standings:
- Adelaide 6-2
- Sydney 6-2
- Perth 5-3
- Brisbane 3-5
- Canberra 2-6
- Melbourne 2-6
