Australian League: Games of November 16

Rulli rules for Perth.  Doubles mint a victory for Canberra.  A big seventh wins it for Brisbane.

PERTH 4, ADELAIDE 2 IN ADELAIDE

Perth:  Nick Rulli was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice.  Tim Kennelly (Texas) was 2-for-5 with a home run, his third.  Tom Bailey struck out six in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.

Adelaide:  Tom Brice (White Sox) was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Brandon Dixon (Dodgers) was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Tyler Brunnemann (Houston) pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  A two-run third put Perth ahead 3-0.  Adelaide closed to 3-2 after eight and had the tying run on third with one out, but could not tie it up.  Rulli’s homer in the ninth provided an insurance run.

CANBERRA 11, SYDNEY 6 IN SYDNEY

Canberra:  Alex Hudak (Kansas City) was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two.  Jason Sloan was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks, scoring once and driving in two.  A. J. Holland (Atlanta) struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk.

Sydney:  Trent Oeltjen (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with two home runs.  David Kandilas (Colorado) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Dae-Sung Koo (Mets) struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits.

The game:  Sydney led 5-0 after five, but a seven-run sixth, including two-run doubles by Hudak and Sloan, put Canberra in the lead to stay.  Sydney scored once in the bottom of the sixth to cut the margin to 7-6, but a two-run double by Mitch Walding (Philadelphia) was part of a two-run Sydney seventh that put the game out of reach.

BRISBANE 12, MELBOURNE 6 IN BRISBANE

Twins:  Logan Wade was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs for Brisbane.

Melbourne:  Dylan Cozens (Philadelphia) was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and a double, scoring twice and driving in two.  Brad Harman (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Hayden Godbold pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Brisbane:  Thomas Coyle (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a double, and a walk, scoring twice and driving in two.  Ryan Battaglia (Cleveland) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.

The game:  Brisbane led all the way, but it was close until the seventh, when Brisbane broke open a 7-6 game with a five-run inning.  Brisbane had four singles and four walks in the inning.

NEXT DAY’S GAMES

There were no more games in the Australian League until November 20.