Adelaide completed a doubleheader sweep of Brisbane on Saturday night at Viticon Stadium, winning the opener 9-2 before rallying late to edge the Bandits 6-5 in the nightcap.

The Brisbane Bandits return to the road for a pivotal Round 8 matchup, opening a four-game series against the Perth Heat beginning Thursday night at NSR Hire Ballpark in Perth. With only three rounds remaining in the Australian Baseball League regular season, both clubs enter the series needing wins as the race for postseason positioning tightens.

The Perth Heat rode strong pitching performances in both games and a late comeback in the nightcap to sweep a doubleheader from the Brisbane Bandits on Saturday at NSR Hire Ballpark, winning 3-2 in the opener before pulling out a 6-5 victory in 10 innings.

The Brisbane Bandits head west this week looking to build momentum and climb the ABL ladder as they open a four-game Round 6 series against the Perth Heat from December 18–20 at NSR Hire Ballpark.

Adelaide (8-10) and Brisbane (9-10) split a Saturday doubleheader at Viticon Stadium, with the Giants erupting late for a lopsided win in the opener before the Bandits’ bats responded in emphatic fashion to take the nightcap.

The Brisbane Bandits (7-8) built an early lead, survived a six-run fifth inning, and used a pair of late multi-run frames to outlast the Adelaide Giants (6-7) 11–8 on Sunday afternoon, securing a series split and maintaining second place in the ABL standings.

The Brisbane Bandits (4-4) walk off the Perth Heat (2-5) 10-9, courtesy of Geroge Callil, in a back-and-forth slugfest Friday at Viticon Stadium.

The Brisbane Bandits return home looking to stabilize after a 3-4 record in their first seven games, marked by less-than-ideal run production and a pitching staff still finding its rhythm. Standing in their way is the Perth Heat, who are 2-4, that has shown flashes of offensive punch and bring several players into the series on impressive streaks. Both clubs are trying to gain early-season footing as they attempt to climb atop the ABL standings.

Robbie Perkins became the Australian Baseball League’s standalone No. 4 all-time hits leader with a four-hit performance Thursday night, but the Brisbane Bandits couldn’t keep pace with the Sydney Blue Sox in an 11–1 loss at Blacktown International Sportspark Thursday night.

The Brisbane Bandits travel to Sydney this weekend for a highly anticipated early-season series against the Sydney Blue Sox at Blacktown International Sportspark.

BRISBANE, QLD — Will Riley launched Brisbane’s first home run of the season and collected two of the team’s four hits, but the Bandits dropped their season opener 8–1 to the Sydney Blue Sox on Thursday night at Viticon Stadium. Riley’s second-inning solo homer to right-center tied the game at 1–1 and gave the home crowd of 622 an early spark. The blast was Riley’s first of the season and his ninth in his Australian Baseball League career. Sydney, however, answered back quickl