The Brisbane Bandits have won the opener of the 2016/2017 season in the Australian Baseball League. On Thursday Brisbane defeated the Canberra Cavalry 3-2. Brisbane took a quick 2-0 lead after three frames, but Canberra tied the contest through a two-run home run by Aaron Sloan. A RBI ground out by Logan Wade in the bottom of the seventh then broke the 2-2 tie to drive in the eventual winning run. Samuel Holland earned the win, Andrew Case got charged with the loss.