Australian League: Games of November 9

Brisbane wins a see-saw game.  Sydney hangs on to win.

BRISBANE 5, MELBOURNE 4 IN MELBOURNE (11 INNINGS)

Twins:  Logan Wade  was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run for Brisbane.

Brisbane:  Granden Goetzman (Tampa Bay) was 1-for-5 with a home run (his third) and a walk, scoring twice.  Ryan Battaglia (Cleveland) was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Chen-Hua Lin struck out six in six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks.

Melbourne:  Dylan Cozens (Philadelphia) was 2-for-6 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in one.  Scott Wearne was 2-for-5 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Makoto Aiuchi pitched six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

The game:  Melbourne went up 3-0 in the first but trailed 4-3 after eight.  Wearne singled in the tying run with one out in the ninth, but three walks and a Joshua Roberts (Cleveland) single brought home the go-ahead run for Brisbane in the tenth.

SYDNEY 7, CANBERRA 5 IN CANBERRA

Twins:  Markus Solbach retired all four batters he faced, striking out one, for Sydney.

Sydney:  Will Swanner (Colorado) was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and a triple, scoring twice.  Alex Glenn (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, driving in one.   Timothy Cox (Boston) pitched six innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Canberra:  L. B. Dantzler (Toronto) was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three.  Christian Lopes (Toronto) was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.  Jake Brown struck out two in a scoreless inning, allowing one hit.

The game:  Each team scored three in the first, but Sydney got one in the fourth and three in the seventh to go up 7-3.  Canberra scored two in the eighth and had the tying run on base with one out, but their last five batters were retired.

NEXT DAY'S GAME

Brisbane at Melbourne