The Perth Heat earned a split of a doubleheader Saturday at NSR Hire Ballpark, riding three solo home runs to a 3-0 win in the opener before the Brisbane Bandits answered with a 6-2 victory in the nightcap.

The Brisbane Bandits (11-13) scored six unanswered runs after a four-run first inning by the Sydney Blue Sox (16-8) and rallied to a 6-4 win Thursday night at Viticon Stadium.

Tucker Smith struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings and the Perth Heat used a pair of multi-run frames to beat the Brisbane Bandits 6–2 on Thursday night at NSR Hire Ballpark.

Perth’s (4–6) bats stayed hot and an explosive 11-run ninth inning helped the Heat pull away from the Brisbane Bandits (5–6) for an 18–3 win on Sunday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader 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.

What had been a tight, low-scoring contest for most of the night turned into a Brisbane Bandits surge, as a five-run ninth inning sealed a 9–2 win over the Sydney Blue Sox on Friday at Blacktown International Sportspark.

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