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 (3-4) and Sydney Blue Sox (4-3) split the doubleheader and round 2 series overall with Brisbane winning game one, 5-2 and Sydney winning the second game 8-1 on Saturday afternoon at Blacktown International Sportspark.

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.

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