Seung-Min Ryu delivered the decisive blow with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Brisbane Bandits edged the Sydney Blue Sox 6-5 on Sunday morning at Viticon Stadium.

Michael Campbell’s go-ahead homer in the eighth inning of the opener ignited the Sydney Blue Sox, who carried that momentum into a strong offensive showing in the nightcap to sweep a doubleheader from the Brisbane Bandits on Saturday at Viticon Stadium.

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

Sydney erupted for 18 runs in the opener before Brisbane’s pitching responded with a combined five-hit shutout in game two, as the teams split Saturday’s doubleheader at Viticon Stadium.

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