2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season

The 2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season was held from 6 November 2010 through to 22 January 2011. All six teams competed in a double round-robin format, playing each other team in two series of four games each, totalling 40 games played each.^[1] The top four teams progressed to the postseason. The winner of the championship series will be awarded the Claxton Shield.^[2]

At the end of the regular season, the Sydney Blue Sox finished in first place with a 24–15 win–loss record. Half a game behind Sydney were the Perth Heat in second place. The third place team was the Adelaide Bite a further game behind. The Melbourne Aces finished in fourth place six games behind the Blue Sox. The Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry, who played only 36 games due to 2010–2011 Queensland floods, finished in fifth and sixth place, eight and a half and ten and a half games behind the leader respectively.^[3]

Standings

Key

†	Clinched major semi final berth
‡	Clinched minor semi final berth

2010–11 regular season standings

Team[3]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Sydney Blue Sox†	24	15	.615	–	12–7[S 1]	12–8
Perth Heat†	24	16	.600	1⁄2	10–10	14–6
Adelaide Bite‡	23	17	.575	1 1⁄2	15–5	8–12[S 2][S 3]
Melbourne Aces‡	18	21	.462	6	11–9	7–12[S 1]
Brisbane Bandits	14	22	.389	8 1⁄2	6–10[S 3]	8–12
Canberra Cavalry	12	24	.333	10 1⁄2	11–9[S 2]	1–15

Notes

Opening night

The season started on 6 November 2010, when the Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Canberra Cavalry at Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox won the inaugural game of the league, defeating the Cavalry 1–0. In what was effectively a pitchers' duel, Blue Sox starting pitcher Chris Oxspring was the stand-out performer for the night, having scattered 3 hits and 1 walk over 6 innings and striking out 8.^[4] The Cavalry, however, opted to use several pitchers, each throwing two complete innings.^[5]

Sydney left fielder Tim Auty registered the league's first hit of the season in the bottom of the first with a line drive single to centre field. Canberra did not register a hit until the fourth inning to see their first baserunner when third baseman Kyu-Hyun Moon singled to right field.^[6]

The game had been scoreless through the first seven innings, despite Sydney loading the bases in the bottom of the sixth against reliever Lee Jung-Min: right fielder David Kandilas walked to lead off the inning, and was followed by third baseman Trent D'Antonio with a single to left field. Auty hit a sacrifice bunt to move both runners over, leading the Cavalry to intentionally walk centre fielder Mitch Dening. The Blue Sox were unable to capitalise on the opportunity, when designated hitter Patrick Maat struck out and catcher Andrew Graham grounded out.^[7]

Sydney scored the only run of the night in the eighth inning against reliever Heo Jun-Hyeok. With two out, Auty singled to left field for his second hit of the night, then stole second base. He was then driven in by Dening, who singled to centre field. Dening also stole second, but was stranded there at the end of the inning. In the top of the ninth, relievers Matthew Williams and Koo Dae-Sung combined to close the game out, earning a hold and save respectively.^[6]

6 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canberra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Sydney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	4	0
WP: Wayne Lundgren (1–0)   LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (1) Attendance: 1,427 Boxscore

Round 1

The Melbourne Aces played the Adelaide Bite at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide, the Perth Heat played against the Brisbane Bandits at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, and the Sydney Blue Sox and Canberra Cavalry continued their series at Blacktown Olympic Park for the first round of the season.^[1]

Adelaide v Melbourne

The Adelaide Bite won its opening game for the season, defeating the Melbourne Aces 9–1, in large part due to the Paul Mildren's pitching and Ben Wigmore's hitting. Mildren pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing 6 hits and struck out 5, while Wigmore went 4–for–5 with a double, a home run and 5 runs batted in.^[8] Despite scoring first in the second inning through back-to-back doubles from Grant Karlsen and Itaru Hashimoto, the Aces lost the second game of the series 7–4. the Bite's starting pitcher Darren Fidge was once again the standout; he pitched 8 innings and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks, and struck out 7.^[9] Quincy Latimore went 4–for–8 over the two games of the doubleheader; he hit a 3-run home run in the first inning and took a catch at the left field wall in the fifth inning of game one to help Adelaide to a 13–2 win,^[10] then hit two more home runs in the second game where Adelaide won 8–3 to complete the series sweep.^[11]

11 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 4 Adelaide 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 X 9 12 4 WP: Paul Mildren (1–0)   LP: Adam Blackley (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Ben Wigmore (1) Attendance: 1,795 Boxscore

12 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 Adelaide 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 X 7 6 1 WP: Darren Fidge (1–0)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Home runs: MEL: Justin Huber (1) ADE: Ben Wigmore (2) Attendance: 1,538 Boxscore

13 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Melbourne 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 Adelaide 3 0 0 2 5 3 X 13 13 0 WP: Ryan Murphy (1–0)   LP: Brad Hertzler (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Quincy Latimore (1) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

13 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 10 2 Adelaide 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 X 8 10 0 WP: Dushan Ruzic (1–0)   LP: Donavon Hendricks (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Quincy Latimore 2 (3) Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

Brisbane v Perth

The Brisbane Bandits and the Perth Heat opened their seasons in Brisbane. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Graeme Lloyd and caught by the Bandits' manager Dave Nilsson; the only all-Australian battery to appear in a Major League Baseball game and both Baseball Australia Hall of Fame inductees in their own right.^[12] Despite Robbie Widlansky's two extra base hits and his scoring two runs, Perth was unable to take the lead at any point in the game. Brisbane's Wade Dutton, Shuhei Fukuda, Alan Schoenberger, and Joel Naughton each had multi-hit games to help the Bandits to an 8–3 win.^[13] Widlansky was a key player for the Heat again in the second game, which Perth won 2–0, opening the scoring with a solo home run. Daniel Schmidt was the other key player; he was the starting pitcher and pitched 8 innings, allowing no runs on 5 hits and striking out 8 Bandits.^[14] Perth also won both games of the doubleheader—4–2 in the day game and 4–1 in the night game—to win its opening series. In the day game Brandon Dale went 3–for–4 with a double and a run batted in, and Luke Hughes went 1–for–2 scoring 2 runs, including scoring a run from his lead-off triple in the fifth inning.^[15] Heat pitchers Warwick Saupold, Tyler Anderson, Robert Sorensen, and Liam Hendriks combined to keep the Bandits to 1 run on 7 hits, striking out 11 Brisbane hitters.^[16]

11 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 4 Brisbane 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 X 8 13 2 WP: Chris Mowday (1–0)   LP: Dean White (0–1)   Sv: Simon Morriss (1) Attendance: 1,551 Boxscore

12 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 WP: Daniel Schmidt (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Yamada (0–1)   Sv: Liam Hendriks (1) Home runs: PER: Robbie Widlansky (1) BRI: None Attendance: 1,151 Boxscore

13 November 2010 16:30 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Perth 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 8 0 Brisbane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 WP: Cameron Lamb (1–0)   LP: Chris Mowday (1–1)   Sv: Brett Jacobson (1) Attendance: 1,450 Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

13 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 6 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 WP: Warwick Saupold (1–0)   LP: Ryan Searle (0–1)   Sv: Liam Hendriks (1) Attendance: 1,450 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

Sydney v Canberra

Six days after the opening night of the season Sydney and Canberra continued their series at Blacktown Olympic Park. Three of the Blue Sox's key players from that opening night gave repeat performances to defeat the Cavalry 4–2: Chris Oxspring was the starting pitcher for Sydney and pitched 8 innings, having allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 7 to earn the win; Koo Dae-Sung retired the three Cavalry hitters he faced for a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save; Mitch Dening hit a ground rule double with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth inning.^[17] In the first game of the season to be called early as a result of the league's run differential rule, Sydney comfortably beat Canberra 13–3. Though the Blue Sox combined to hit 7–for–17 with runners in scoring position and 7 runs driven in with two out, they were aided by 2 wild pitches by Cavalry pitchers, 3 passed balls by catcher Michael Collins, and 4 errors in the field, resulting in only 3 of the 13 runs scored by the Blue Sox being earned.^[18] Alex Johnson's 3-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning was the difference in the final game of the series, helping Sydney to a 7–5 win and to sweep Canberra 4–0 in the series.^[19]

12 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Sydney 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 X 4 9 0 WP: Chris Oxspring (1–0)   LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (0–2)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (2) Home runs: CAN: Nick Kimpton (1) SYD: Trent D'Antonio (1) Attendance: 797 Boxscore

13 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 1 0 0 0 1 1     3 8 4 Sydney 0 0 4 1 0 8 X     13 11 1 WP: Wayne Lundgren (2–0)   LP: Phil Brassington (0–1) Attendance: 998 Boxscore

14 November 2010 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 3 Sydney 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 X 7 10 1 WP: Aaron Sookee (1–0)   LP: Tim Atherton (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (3) Home runs: CAN: None SYD: Alex Johnson (1) Attendance: 984 Boxscore

Round 2

The Perth Heat had their home opening series, hosting the Adelaide Bite at Baseball Park as did Canberra Cavalry in facing the Melbourne Aces at Narrabundah Ballpark. The Brisbane Bandits continued their homestand, playing the Sydney Blue Sox at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.^[1]

Perth v Adelaide

In their first game at home for the season, Perth defeated Adelaide 4–2. Matt Kennelly and Luke Hughes each hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings respectively to lead the Heat offence.^[20] Despite home runs from Evan McArthur and Ronnie Welty, Adelaide were able to square the series by winning 7–3 in the second game; James McOwen homered as part of the Bite's 6-run sixth inning, while Quincy Latimore hit his 4th home run of the season in the seventh.^[21] Tied at 4–4 at the end of nine innings, game three went into extra innings. Ronnie Welty produced a walk-off home run in the bottom of the twelfth inning; his second home run in as many days to give the Heat a 6–4 win.^[22] The final game of the series was won by Adelaide 4–3. Quincy Latimore hit an RBI-double in the top of the ninth inning to put the Bite in front. In trying to score the tying run, Matt Kennelly was thrown out at home plate by James McOwen in center field for the final out of the game.^[23]

17 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 Perth 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 4 8 0 WP: Cameron Lamb (2–0)   LP: Paul Mildren (1–1)   Sv: Brett Jacobson (2) Home runs: ADE: None PER: Matt Kennelly (1), Luke Hughes (3) Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore

18 November 2010 11:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 7 9 1 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 10 0 WP: Darren Fidge (2–0)   LP: Daniel Schmidt (1–1) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (1), Quincy Latimore (4) PER: Evan McArthur (1), Ronnie Welty (1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore

19 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/12) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 2 Perth 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 4 WP: Dean White (1–1)   LP: Ryan Murphy (1–1) Home runs: PER: None PER: Ronnie Welty (2) Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore

20 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 2 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 0 WP: Wayne Ough (1–0)   LP: Liam Baron (0–1) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (2) PER: None Attendance: 1,200 Boxscore

Canberra v Melbourne

18 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 Canberra 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 5 8 2 WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (1–2)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–2)   Sv: Chris Morgan (1) Home runs: MEL: None CAN: Moon Kyu-Hyun (1) Attendance: 1,382 Boxscore

19 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 1 Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP: Adam Blackley (1–1)   LP: Steve Kent (0–1)   Sv: Tetsu Nishikawa (1) Attendance: 957 Boxscore

20 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Melbourne 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 WP: Greg Wiltshire (1–0)   LP: Jin Myung-Ho (0–1)   Sv: Masumi Hoshino (1) Home runs: MEL: Andrew Russell (1) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

20 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/11) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Melbourne 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 12 4 Canberra 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 0 WP: Phil Brassington (1–1)   LP: Adam Bright (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None CAN: Josh Davies (1) Attendance: 1,215 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

Brisbane v Sydney

18 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 7 2 Brisbane 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 X 9 15 1 WP: James Albury (1–0)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (2–1) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Denning (1), Alex Johnson (2) BRI: None Attendance: 654 Boxscore

19 November 2010 16:30 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground (F/12) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Sydney 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 1 Brisbane 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 WP: Chris Mowday (2–1)   LP: Koo Dae-Sung (0–1) Notes: Originally scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

19 November 2010 21:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 7 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WP: Chris Oxspring (2–0)   LP: Ryan Searle (0–2) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (3) BRI: None Attendance: 1,203 Notes: Scheduled as 9 innings but shortened to 7. The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

21 November 2010 14:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 WP: Craig Anderson (1–0)   LP: Justin Erasmus (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (4) Attendance: 1,050 Boxscore

Round 3

The third round of the season had the same match-ups of teams from the previous round, but with a switch of home and away teams: the Adelaide Bite hosted the Perth Heat at Coopers Stadium, the Melbourne Aces had their home opener against the Canberra Cavalry at the Melbourne Showgrounds, and the Sydney Blue Sox faced the Brisbane Bandits at Blacktown Olympic Park.^[1]

Adelaide v Perth

25 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 9 12 1 Adelaide 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 10 0 WP: Warwick Saupold (2–0)   LP: Paul Mildren (1–2)   Sv: Brett Jacobson (3) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (2), Allan de San Miguel (1), Mitchell Graham (1) ADE: Jeremy Cresswell 2 (2), James McOwen (3) Attendance: 1,399 Boxscore

26 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 9 12 0 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 12 2 WP: Daniel Schmidt (2–1)   LP: Darren Fidge (2–1) Home runs: PER: Allan de San Miguel (2) ADE: None Attendance: 1,639 Boxscore

27 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Perth 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 0 Adelaide 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 4 1 WP: Brandon Maurer (1–0)   LP: Cole McCurry (0–1)   Sv: Mark Brackman (1) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (3) ADE: Brendon Pett (1) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

27 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 7 2 Adelaide 0 0 6 0 2 3 0 0 X 11 12 2 WP: Dushan Ruzic (2–0)   LP: Liam Hendriks (0–1) Home runs: PER: Clint Balgera (1), Allan de San Miguel (3) ADE: Quincy Latimore (5), Brandon Bantz (1) Attendance: 1,622 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

Melbourne v Canberra

The Melbourne Aces were scheduled to open their first home series of the season on Friday, 26 November but had to wait for two days and three games to be rained out. As a result, the series was shortened to two 7 inning games played on Sunday, 28 November.^[24][25] In the first game the Aces scored all their runs from four home runs, including 2-run shots from Scott Wearne (2–for–3) in the first inning and Grant Karlsen (2–for–3 with a double) in the fourth, allowing Melbourne to win 6–2. Wearne hit another first-inning home run in the second game, but the highlight—also in the first inning—of the game was a grand slam from Takahiro Ijyuin. Both home runs helped to set up a comfortable 10–2 win for the Aces to complete a sweep of the shortened series. ^[26]

28 November 2010 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1 Melbourne 2 0 0 4 0 0 X 6 9 0 WP: Greg Wiltshire (2–0)   LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (1–3) Home runs: CAN: Nick Kimpton (2) MEL: Scott Wearne (1), Josh Davies (2), Grant Karlsen (1), Itaru Hashimoto (1) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore

28 November 2010 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canberra 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 Melbourne 6 1 0 0 0 3 X 10 8 0 WP: Norihito Kaneto (1–2)   LP: Steven Kent (0–2) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Scott Wearne (2), Takahiro Ijyuin (1) Attendance: 783 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore

Sydney v Brisbane

26 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 12 0 Sydney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 WP: James Albury (2–0)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (2–2) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts (1) SYD: None Attendance: 1,314 Boxscore

27 November 2010 17:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 Sydney 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3 8 1 WP: David Welch (1–0)   LP: Ryan Searle (0–3)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (5) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

27 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/11) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 12 18 0 Sydney 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 WP: Chris Mowday (3–1)   LP: Matthew Williams (0–1) Attendance: 1,770 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

28 November 2010 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/5) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0         0 2 1 Sydney 0 1 0 0 0         1 4 0 WP: Vaughan Harris (1–0)   LP: Justin Erasmus (0–2) Attendance: 1,135 Notes: Called due to rain.[27] Boxscore

Round 4

The Canberra Cavalry returned to the Narrabundah Ballpark to host the Adelaide Bite. The Perth Heat also returned to their home ground at Baseball Park to face the Brisbane Bandits, completing their season series. The Sydney Blue Sox completed their homestand against the Melbourne Aces at Blacktown Olympic Park.^[1]

Canberra v Adelaide

As was the case for Canberra's previous series in Melbourne, the opening game of the series was called off because of the rain before a pitch was thrown. The game was re-scheduled for the following day as part of a doubleheader.^[28]

3 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 7 2 WP: Rinku Singh (1–0)   LP: Paul Mildren (1–3)   Sv: Chris Morgan (2) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore

3 December 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 0 2 Canberra 0 0 0 0 11 0 X 11 0 0 WP: Michael Lennox (1–0)   LP: Darren Fidge (2–2)   Sv: Alex Rogers (1) Home runs: ADE: Brandon Bantz (2) CAN: None Attendance: 897 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore

4 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 Canberra 0 1 3 0 2 0 X 6 9 1 WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (2–3)   LP: Brandon Maurer (1–1) Home runs: ADE: None CAN: Donald Lutz (1) Attendance: 792 Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore

Perth v Brisbane

Brisbane dominated Perth in the first game of the series to win in 8–1. Alan Schoenberger led the offence for the Bandits, hitting 3–for–4 with a double and a run batted in, as did Shuhei Fukuda with a home run in the first at bat of the game. Hiroki Yamada was credited with the win on the mound, pitching for 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 8.^[29]

2 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 1 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 WP: Hiroki Yamada (1–1)   LP: Liam Hendriks (0–2) Home runs: BRI: Shuhei Fukuda (1) PER: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore

3 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 3 Perth 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 X 7 6 0 WP: Daniel Schmidt (3–1)   LP: James Albury (2–1)   Sv: Cameron Lamb (1) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts (2) PER: Robbie Widlansky (2) Attendance: 600 Boxscore

4 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/12) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13 0 Perth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 WP: Simon Morriss (1–0)   LP: Dean White (1–2) Boxscore

4 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 Perth 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 WP: Liam Baron (1–1)   LP: Simon Morriss (1–1) Home runs: BRI: Brandon Dale (1) PER: None Attendance: 1,383 Boxscore

Sydney v Melbourne

3 December 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 Sydney 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 5 0 WP: Chris Oxspring (3–0)   LP: Adam Blackley (1–2)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (6) Attendance: 1,019 Boxscore

5 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Melbourne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 3 1 WP: Wayne Lundgren (3–2)   LP: Jumpei Ono (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (7) Home runs: MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) SYD: None Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore

5 December 2010 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/8) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Attendance: 1,540 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. ABL tiebreaking rule in effect for extra innings due to league imposed curfew. Game officially called complete as a tie.[30] Boxscore Round 5 The Adelaide Bite completed their road trip, facing the Brisbane Bandits at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Perth Heat completed their homestand, playing the Canberra Cavalry at Baseball Park in Perth.[1] The Melbourne Aces hosted the Sydney Blue Sox for the final games of their season series, including a makeup game from the previous round in Sydney.[31] Brisbane v Adelaide 9 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bite 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 8 1 Bandits 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 7 0 WP: Mark Brackman (1–0)   LP: James Albury (2–2)   Sv: Darren Fidge (1) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch 2 (2), Brandon Bantz (3) BRI: Akira Nakamura (1) Attendance: 801 Boxscore 10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bite 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 Bandits 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 1 WP: Hiroki Yamada (2–1)   LP: Paul Mildren (1–4)   Sv: Simon Morriss (2) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch (3) BRI: Rory Rhodes (1) Attendance: 1,205 Boxscore Perth v Canberra 9 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perth 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 X 7 6 0 WP: Liam Hendriks (1–2)   LP: Jin Myung-Ho (0–2) Home runs: CAN: None PER: Mitch Graham (2), Ronnie Welty (3) Attendance: 593 Boxscore 10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     0 5 0 Perth 4 3 2 1 0 0 X     10 10 0 WP: Daniel Schmidt (4–1)   LP: Steven Kent (0–3) Home runs: CAN: None PER: Mitch Graham (3) Attendance: 900 Boxscore 11 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/9) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 1 WP: Liam Baron (2–1)   LP: Chris Morgan (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Collins (1) PER: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 11 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 Perth 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 X 8 8 0 WP: Tyler Anderson (1–0)   LP: Phil Brassington (1–2) Attendance: 1,069 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore Melbourne v Sydney 10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/15) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 14 3 WP: Adam Bright (1–1)   LP: Matthew Rae (0–1) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa (1), Michael Lysaught (1) MEL: Justin Huber (2), Josh Davies 2 (4) Attendance: 1,998 Boxscore 11 December 2010 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/8) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Sydney 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 7 2 Melbourne 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 14 3 WP: Masumi Hoshino (1–0)   LP: Todd Van Steensel (0–1) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Dening 2 (3) MEL: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 11 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 2 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 WP: David Welch (2–0)   LP: Travis Blackley (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (8) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (4) MEL: Takahiro Ijyuin (2) Attendance: 1,113 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 12 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Melbourne 1 1 0 0 4 5 1 12 17 1 Sydney 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 6 3 WP: Matthew Blackmore (1–0)   LP: Craig Anderson (1–1) Home runs: MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Andrew Russell (2), Takahiro Ijyuin (3) SYD: Michael Lysaught (2), Patrick Maat (1) Notes: Re-scheduled from round 4, to 7 innings as the first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 12 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 1 0 0 1 0 1     3 5 1 Melbourne 1 4 1 7 2 3 X     18 17 1 WP: Jumpei Ono (1–1)   LP: Vaughan Harris (1–1) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa 2 (3), Josh Dean (1) MEL: Itaru Hashimoto (2), Yoshiyuki Kamei (3), Andrew Russell (3), Nathan Aron (1) Attendance: 754 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore Round 6 The Canberra Cavalry hosted the Perth Heat at Narrabundah Ballpark to complete their season series. The Sydney Blue Sox continued their road trip, facing the Adelaide Bite at Coopers Stadium. The Melbourne Aces completed their homestand with two back–to–back series at the Melbourne Showgrounds; two games against the Cavalry to make up for the games washed out in round 3,[32] and four against the Brisbane Bandits as was originally scheduled.[1] Canberra v Perth 16 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 7 1 Canberra 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 7 14 0 WP: Tim Atherton (1–1)   LP: Liam Hendriks (1–3)   Sv: Hayden Beard (1) Attendance: 874 Boxscore 17 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 5 10 2 Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 X 9 13 0 WP: Lee Jung-Min (1–0)   LP: Daniel Schmidt (4–2) Home runs: PER: Donald Lutz (2) CAN: Ronnie Welty (4) Attendance: 1,006 Boxscore 18 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Perth 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 8 8 3 Canberra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 WP: Benn Grice (1–0)   LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (2–4) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (4), Ryne Price 2 (2), Ronnie Welty (5) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 18 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 Canberra 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 6 16 1 WP: Tim Atherton (2–1)   LP: Warwick Saupold (2–1)   Sv: Hayden Beard (2) Home runs: PER: Tim Kennelly (1) CAN: None Attendance: 992 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore Adelaide v Sydney 16 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 1 Adelaide 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 WP: Dushan Ruzic (3–0)   LP: Vaughan Harris (1–2) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa (4) ADE: James McOwen (4) Attendance: 1,305 Boxscore 17 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP: David Welch (3–0)   LP: Paul Mildren (1–5) Home runs: SYD: Michael Lysaught (3), Alex Johnson (5) ADE: None Attendance: 2,601 Boxscore 18 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 2 Adelaide 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 7 12 1 WP: Brandon Maurer (2–1)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (3–3) Home runs: SYD: None ADE: James McOwen (4) Attendance: 1,374 Boxscore 19 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 0 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: Craig Anderson (2–1)   LP: Dushan Ruzic (3–1) Attendance: 849 Boxscore Melbourne v Canberra 20 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canberra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 Melbourne 1 8 0 3 4 4 X 20 20 1 WP: Norihito Kaneto (2–2)   LP: Luke Wilkins (0–1) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (4), Andrew Russell 2 (5), Justin Huber (3) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore 20 December 2010 14:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 2 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 WP: Nathan Crawford (1–0)   LP: Adam Bright (1–2)   Sv: Tim Atherton (1) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Andrew Russell (6) Attendance: 314 Notes: Re-scheduled as the second game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore Melbourne v Brisbane 21 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/8) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2   8 10 3 Melbourne 0 3 1 4 0 0 3 7   18 15 1 WP: Greg Wiltshire (3–0)   LP: Hiroki Yamada (2–2)   Sv: Adam Bright (1) Home runs: BRI: Alan Schoenberger 2 (2), Shuhei Fukuda 2 (3), Akira Nakamura (1) MEL: Justin Huber (4), Grant Karlsen (2), Scott Wearne (3) Attendance: 723 Boxscore 22 December 2010 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brisbane 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 10 8 1 Melbourne 0 3 5 0 2 2 X 12 14 4 WP: Tetsu Nishikawa (1–0)   LP: Ryan Searle (0–4)   Sv: David Miller (1) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts 2 (4), Brad Dutton 2 (2) MEL: Josh Davies (5), Paul Rutgers (1), Justin Huber (5) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 22 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     0 2 2 Melbourne 0 6 2 0 0 1 1     10 12 1 WP: Adam Blackley (2–2)   LP: Reo Chikada (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (5), Justin Huber (6) Attendance: 1,203 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader Boxscore 23 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 1 0 0 0 0 0 2     3 7 0 Melbourne 2 0 4 2 2 6 X     16 15 1 WP: Jeff Jamnik (1–0)   LP: James Albury (2–3) Home runs: BRI: Shuhei Fukuda (4) MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei 2 (7), Grant Karlsen 2 (4) Attendance: 952 Boxscore Round 7 The Adelaide Bite completed their homestand by hosting the Canberra Cavalry for a five–game series, including a game postponed from round 4 due to wet weather,[33] at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide. The Brisbane Bandits returned home to complete their season series against the Melbourne Aces at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Perth Heat faced the Sydney Blue Sox for the first time in the season, playing at Baseball Park, Perth.[1] Adelaide v Canberra 29 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Canberra 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 8 0 WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (3–4)   LP: Mark Brackman (1–1) Home runs: ADE: None CAN: Didi Gregorius (1) Attendance: 914 Notes: Re-scheduled from round 4. Boxscore 30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Adelaide 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 9 1 WP: Paul Mildren (2–5)   LP: Lee Jung-Min (1–1) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Stefan Welch (4) Attendance: 1,335 Boxscore 31 December 2010 17:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Adelaide 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 8 7 0 WP: Brandon Maurer (3–1)   LP: Phil Brassington (1–3) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Tom Brice (1) Attendance: 778 Boxscore 1 January 2011 17:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 X 5 5 0 WP: Dushan Ruzic (4–1)   LP: Tim Atherton (2–2)   Sv: Jackson Lodge (1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Wells (1), Lee Seung-Hwa (1) ADE: None Attendance: 1,343 Boxscore 2 January 2011 13:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Canberra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0     1 1 2 Adelaide 2 0 0 5 4 1 X     12 10 1 WP: Darren Fidge (3–2)   LP: Michael Lennox (1–1) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Scott Gladstone (1), James McOwen (6), Stefan Welch (5) Attendance: 1,292 Boxscore Brisbane v Melbourne 30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 10 12 2 Brisbane 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 8 13 2 WP: Adam Blackley (3–2)   LP: James Albury (2–4)   Sv: Adam Bright (2) Home runs: MEL: Brett Tamburrino (1) ADE: Joshua Roberts (5), Rory Rhodes (2) Attendance: 1,057 Boxscore 31 December 2010 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 7 1 WP: Simon Morriss (2–1)   LP: Shane Lindsay (0–1)   Sv: Chris Mowday (1) Attendance: 886 Boxscore 1 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 7 14 0 Brisbane 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 1 WP: Greg Wiltshire (4–0)   LP: Steven Chambers (0–1)   Sv: Shane Lindsay (1) Home runs: MEL: Paul Rutgers (2) BRI: Chad Gabriel (1) Attendance: 1,167 Boxscore 2 January 2011 14:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 Brisbane 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 X 6 11 3 WP: Chris Mowday (4–1)   LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–1) Attendance: 958 Boxscore Perth v Sydney 30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 0 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 WP: Chris Oxspring (4–0)   LP: Liam Hendriks (1–4) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Dening (4) PER: None Attendance: 1,299 Boxscore 31 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 11 0 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 WP: David Welch (4–0)   LP: Daniel Schmidt (4–3)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (9) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (6), Trent Schmutter (1) PER: None Attendance: 1,237 Boxscore 1 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/10) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Sydney 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2 Perth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 2 WP: Koo Dae-Sung (1–1)   LP: Matt Zachary (0–1) Attendance: 1,215 Boxscore 2 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 11 1 Perth 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 2 WP: Craig Anderson (3–1)   LP: Warwick Saupold (2–2) Attendance: 1,356 Boxscore Round 8 The Melbourne Aces started their final homestand of the season at the Melbourne Showgrounds, facing the Adelaide Bite to complete their season series. The Canberra Cavalry and the Brisbane Bandits met for the first time, at Narrabundah Ballpark. The Sydney Blue Sox and Perth Heat completed their season series in back–to–back rounds, at Blacktown Olympic Park.[1] Melbourne v Adelaide Though Adelaide were able to put together an early 6-run lead through 3 home runs—including a grand slam from Tom Brice—Melbourne built their score throughout the game to win the opening game of the series 11–8. Of the Aces' 11 runs, 6 were unearned resulting from the Bite's 7 errors.[34] In a reversal of form, Adelaide won the second game 6–3: two plays in the eighth inning that would otherwise have resulted in the third out were missed, each allowing the Bite to score an additional run to take the lead.[35] For the third game in a row, the first team to score actually lost with Adelaide winning 9–2. Also continuing a trend in the series of runs scored from mistakes; both Bite runs scored in the sixth inning came when Melbourne's Shane Lindsay hit two consecutive hitters with bases loaded.[36] Adelaide sealed the series win in the final game of the series, defeating Melbourne 10–7. The bite scored 5 runs without an out being recorded, including the first of two home runs from both Brandon Bantz and Tom Brice.[37] 6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 7 Melbourne 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 X 11 12 1 WP: Adam Bright (2–2)   LP: Reed Brown (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Tom Brice 2 (3), Kwak Yong-Sup (1), Jeremy Cresswell (3) MEL: Brett Tamburrino (2), Scott Wearne (4), Andrew Russell (7) Attendance: 1,008 Boxscore 7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 9 1 Melbourne 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 2 WP: Adrian Burnside (1–0)   LP: Russell Spear (0–1)   Sv: Tom Becker (1) Attendance: 1,342 Boxscore 8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 9 15 0 Melbourne 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 WP: Brandon Maurer (4–1)   LP: Adam Blackley (3–3) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (7), Brandon Bantz (4), Jeremy Cresswell (4) MEL: Paul Rutgers (3) Attendance: 1,332 Boxscore 9 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 6 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 10 15 3 Melbourne 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 7 14 5 WP: Dushan Ruzic (5–1)   LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–2)   Sv: Tom Becker (2) Home runs: ADE: Brandon Bantz 2 (6), Tom Brice 2 (5) MEL: Paul Rutgers (4), Josh Davies (6) Attendance: 1,098 Boxscore Canberra v Brisbane The first game of the series was tied after the ninth inning, with both sides having had the lead at different points in the game. In the twelfth inning, Rory Rhodes for Brisbane and Donald Lutz for Canberra each hit solo home runs to keep the game tied. Alan Schoenberger scored the winning run in the thirteenth inning for the Bandits to win 7–6; Schoenberger doubled to centre field, was advanced by Wade Dutton's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Trent Baker's sacrifice fly.[38] Alan Schoenberger opened the scoring in the second game with a grand slam in the second inning, while Michael Collins likewise ended the scoring with a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the win to Canberra 9–7.[39] Despite Donald Lutz's third home run in as many games, Brisbane won the third game 16–9, after converting 7 hits and 5 walks in the first two innings into 11 runs.[40] After the fourth game was tied in the bottom of the ninth inning through Tylor Prudhome's RBI-single broke the tie immediately in the tenth inning with an RBI-single from Trent Baker and a 3-run double from Josh Roberts to give Brisbane the win 8–4 and Canberra its first series loss at home.[41] 6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/13) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 16 1 Canberra 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 1 WP: Chris Mowday (5–1)   LP: Chris Kimpton (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Chad Gabriel (2), Rory Rhodes (3) CAN: Donald Lutz (3) Attendance: 1,138 Boxscore 7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 9 0 Canberra 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 X 9 12 2 WP: Lee Jung-Min (2–1)   LP: Chris Mowday (5–2)   Sv: Tim Atherton (2) Home runs: BRI: Alan Schoenberger (3) CAN: Donald Lutz (4), Michael Collins (2) Attendance: 1,162 Boxscore 8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 17 0 Canberra 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 9 13 1 WP: James Albury (3–4)   LP: Jarrett Commane (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None CAN: Donald Lutz (5) Attendance: 1,358 Boxscore 9 January 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/10) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 8 13 0 Canberra 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 1 WP: Chris Mowday (6–2)   LP: Chris Morgan (0–2) Attendance: 820 Boxscore Sydney v Perth Despite having been swept at home by Sydney the previous weekend, and the addition of two Major Leaguers to the Blue Sox roster, Perth opened the series with a 3–1 win. A two-run single from Robbie Widlansky in the sixth inning proved the difference between the two teams.[42] Allan de San Miguel's two 2-run home runs gave the Heat the lead in the second game and then provided insurance against a late Blue Sox rally, allowing Perth an 11–7 win.[43] In his longest start of the season, Cole McCurry pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits, striking out 7 to get his first win in Perth's 4–3 victory, ensuring a Heat series win.[44] Blue Sox manager Glenn Williams was ejected in the bottom of the sixth inning of the final game of the series, for arguing against two consecutive calls that according to him were "questionable". Had either call been made the other way, Sydney would likely have scored the first run of the game. Perth scored in each of the remaining innings to win the game 4–1, and complete the sweep of the series locking the season series at 4–4.[45] 6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 5 2 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 WP: Trevor Caughey (1–0)   LP: Chris Oxspring (4–1)   Sv: Brendan Wise (1) Attendance: 1,282 Boxscore 7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 11 15 3 Sydney 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 9 1 WP: Daniel Schmidt (5–3)   LP: Matthew Williams (0–2) Home runs: PER: Allan de San Miguel 2 (5) SYD: Alex Johnson (7) Attendance: 1,405 Boxscore 8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 0 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 0 WP: Cole McCurry (1–1)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (3–4)   Sv: Brendan Wise (2) Attendance: 1,652 Boxscore 9 January 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 11 2 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 WP: Matt Zachary (1–1)   LP: Craig Anderson (3–2) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes (2) SYD: None Attendance: 1,175 Boxscore Round 9 The Sydney Blue Sox hosted their final home series of the season, against the Adelaide Bite at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney. The Melbourne Aces and Perth Heat started their season series at the Melbourne Showgrounds.[1] The Brisbane Bandits were scheduled to host the Canberra Cavalry at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, however the ABL postponed the series as a result of widespread flooding in South East Queensland. At the time, a decision had not been made as to whether the games would be rescheduled,[46] however it was announced approximately one week later that the games would be rescheduled to the Monday and Tuesday immediately following round 10 in the form of two doubleheaders, but only if either team had a chance of making the playoffs, and only the games required for one of the teams to qualify.[47] Sydney v Adelaide For the third game in a row, Sydney allowed their opponents to get a 4-run lead before scoring themselves. However, in the first game of the series against Adelaide, the Blue Sox were able to snap a season-long 4-game losing streak through a walk off single from Trent Schmutter that drove in Mark Holland to win 5–4.[48] Sydney regained first place in the league with a second consecutive win over the Bite 4–3. David Welch was credited with his 5th win of the season (6 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 5 hits, 8 strikeouts), and Koo Dae-Sung earned his league leading 10th save (2 1⁄3 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 2 hits, 3 strikeouts).[49] For the second time in three games, Sydney recorded a walk-off win, beating Adelaide 6–5 in extra innings. Mark Holland's 2-run home run tied the game in the eighth inning, while in the tenth Alex Johnson doubled, then Michael Lysaught—pinch running for Johnson—scored on catcher Brandon Bantz's wild throw to third base to score the winning run.[50] The Blue Sox secured the series sweep by beating the Bite 6–2 in their final home game of the regular season. The four runs driven in by Andrew Graham, Trent Schmutter and Alex Johnson in the fifth inning gave Sydney the lead for the rest of the game.[51] 12 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 12 1 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 11 1 WP: Rich Thompson (1–0)   LP: Tom Becker (0–1) Attendance: 1,187 Boxscore 13 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 10 2 Sydney 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 2 WP: David Welch (5–0)   LP: Paul Mildren (2–6)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (10) Attendance: 1,145 Boxscore 14 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/10) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Adelaide 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 14 2 Sydney 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 8 2 WP: Jarryd Sullivan (1–0)   LP: Darren Fidge (3–3) Home runs: ADE: None SYD: Mark Holland (1) Attendance: 1,640 Boxscore 15 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 Sydney 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 6 9 2 WP: Wayne Lundgren (4–4)   LP: Dushan Ruzic (5–2) Attendance: 1,655 Boxscore Melbourne v Perth 14 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 13 15 2 Melbourne 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 1 WP: Cameron Lamb (3–0)   LP: Adam Bright (2–3) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes 2 (4), Robbie Widlansky (3), Ronnie Welty (6), Mitchell Graham (4) MEL: Justin Huber (7), Matthew Lawman (1), Elliot Biddle (1) Attendance: 836 Boxscore 15 January 2011 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Perth 2 1 6 0 2 4 0 15 15 0 Melbourne 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 3 WP: Cole McCurry (2–1)   LP: Nicholas Martin (0–1) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (5), Mitchell Graham (5), Robbie Widlansky (4), Ronnie Welty (7), Tim Kennelly (2) MEL: Elliot Biddle (2), Justin Huber (8), Josh Davies (7) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 15 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 3 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 20 1 Melbourne 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 3 WP: Benjamin Moore (1–0)   LP: Russell Spear (0–2) Home runs: PER: Ronnie Welty 2 (9), Tim Kennelly (3), Lachlan Dale (1) MEL: None Attendance: 1,723 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 16 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Perth 3 0 7 0 0 0 2     12 14 0 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 2     2 7 0 WP: Matt Zachary (2–1)   LP: Shane Lindsay (0–2) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes (5), Tim Kennelly (4), Evan McArthur (6), Ryne Price (3), Ronnie Welty (10) MEL: Glenn Mascoll (1) Attendance: 266 Notes: Re-scheduled from 13 January. Boxscore Round 10 Adelaide v Brisbane 19 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Adelaide 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 7 1 Brisbane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 WP: Mark Brackman (2–1)   LP: James Albury (3–5) Home runs: ADE: Tom Brice (6) BRI: None Attendance: 1,114 Notes: Re-scheduled from round 5. Boxscore 20 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/10) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Adelaide 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 8 2 Brisbane 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 10 4 WP: Reed Brown (1–1)   LP: Chris Mowday (6–3) Home runs: ADE: Brendon Pett (2) BRI: Wade Dutton (1), David Sutherland 2 (2), Ryan Battaglia (1) Notes: Re-scheduled from round 5 as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore 20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/10) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 7 1 Adelaide 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 10 1 WP: Darren Fidge (4–3)   LP: John Veitch (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Rory Rhodes 2 (5), Joshua Roberts (6) ADE: Brandon Bantz (7) Attendance: 1,103 Notes: The second game of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore 21 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/7) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     0 1 0 Adelaide 0 5 1 4 2 0 X     12 10 0 WP: Brandon Maurer (5–1)   LP: Josh Warner (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None ADE: Stefan Welch (6), James McOwen (8), Brandon Bantz (8), Tom Brice (7) Attendance: 2,005 Boxscore 22 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brisbane 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12 12 0 Adelaide 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 8 12 3 WP: John Veitch (1–1)   LP: Nick Talbot (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Joshua Roberts (7), Trent Baker (1), Mitchell Nilsson 2 (2) ADE: Jeremy Cresswell (5), James McOwen (9) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 22 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brisbane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 Adelaide 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 X 5 7 0 WP: Darren Fidge (5–3)   LP: Justin Erasmus (0–3)   Sv: Tom Becker (3) Home runs: BRI: Trent Baker (2) ADE: James McOwen 2 (11), Scott Gladstone (2), Stefan Welch (7) Attendance: 1,950 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore Canberra v Sydney 20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 Canberra 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 X 5 9 2 WP: Lee Jung-Min (3–1)   LP: Chris Oxspring (4–2)   Sv: Tim Atherton (3) Home runs: SYD: None CAN: Lee Seung-Hwa (2) Attendance: 1,104 Boxscore 21 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 10 13 3 Canberra 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 WP: Todd Grattan (1–0)   LP: Hayden Beard (0–1)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (11) Home runs: SYD: Michael Lysaught (4) CAN: None Attendance: 1,412 Boxscore 22 January 2011 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/8) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Sydney 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 10 1 Canberra 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 9 1 WP: Koo Dae-Sung (2–1)   LP: Tim Atherton (2–3) Home runs: SYD: Brendan Kingman (1) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore 22 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sydney 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 0 Canberra 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 WP: Vaughan Harris (2–2)   LP: Lee Jung-Min (3–2)   Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (12) Home runs: SYD: Brendan Kingman (2) CAN: Michael Collins (3) Attendance: 1,320 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore Perth v Melbourne 20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 15 0 Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: Tetsu Nishikawa (2–0)   LP: Benjamin Moore (1–1) Home runs: MEL: Justin Huber (9) PER: None Attendance: 1,290 Boxscore 21 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Melbourne 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 1 Perth 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 X 5 10 0 WP: Daniel Schmidt (6–3)   LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–3)   Sv: Brendan Wise (3) Home runs: MEL: None PER: Matt Kennelly (2) Attendance: 2,314 Boxscore 22 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Melbourne 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 8 0 Perth 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 WP: Nicholas Martin (1–1)   LP: Cameron Lamb (3–1) Home runs: MEL: None PER: Evan McArthur (7) Notes: Scheduled for 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. 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