Melbourne Aces crush Brisbane Bandits to complete Sweep in ABL

The Melbourne Aces offense once again dominated and completed a four-game sweep over the Brisbane Bandits on Thursday with a 16-3 pounding in the Australian Baseball League. Yoshiyuki Kamei and Grant Karlsen led the way by going a combined 6-for-6 with four homeruns, a double, eight runs scored and ten RBI. Josh Davis drove in four. Shuhei Fukuda hit a two-run homerun for Brisbane. Jeff Jamnik (W 1-0) allowed five hits, a run and a walk in five innings for the win. James Albury (2-3) took the loss. With the victory Melbourne improved to 13-10 and moved into second place of the ABL standings, a half game behind the Perth Heat. The Bandits dropped to sixth place with an 8-14 record.

Standings:

1. Perth Heat 14-10
2. Melbourne Aces 13-10
3. Sydney Blue Sox 13-10
4. Adelaide Bite 11-10
5. Canberra Cavalry 9-14
6. Brisbane Bandits 8-14

Results:
Thursday, December 16:
Adelaide – Sydney 4-3
Canberra – Perth 7-5
Friday, December 17:
Canberra – Perth 9-5
Adelaide – Sydney 0-5
Saturday, December 18:
Canberra – Perth 1-8
Canberra – Perth 6-4
Adelaide – Sydney 7-3
Sunday, December 19:
Melbourne – Canberra ppd
Adelaide – Sydney 0-4
Monday, December 20:
Melbourne – Canberra 20-3 (7)
Melbourne – Canberra 2-3 (7)
Tuesday, December 21:
Melbourne – Brisbane 18-8 (8)
Wednesday, December 22:
Melbourne – Brisbane 12-10 (7)
Melbourne – Brisbane 10-0 (7)
Thursday, December 23:
Melbourne – Brisbane 16-3 (7)

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