Sydney will go against Adelaide in the Australia ABL on December 3. The Auckland Tuatara and Sydney Blue Sox won their respective games at North Harbor Stadium on Saturday. The Blue Sox won the opening day of the doubleheader 6-1, but the Tuatara won the second game 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. It was broken. In the first game, the Blue Sox took an early lead, but never wanted to give up as the Tuatara bat was calm. The first run came in the second, with Mitchell leading Austin Dylan-Shockley into midfield on a hit. Tuatara pitcher Chen Yu gave up another run in that inning when Jacob Yunis struck out from a wild pitch. The Blue Sox traded for three more runs before a homer by Jason Matthews in the bottom of the fifth made it 5-1. Not that they needed it, but Jase Bowen extended Sydney’s advantage in the sixth with his fourth RBI of the season.
It was the second game in a row where the Tuatara was only able to get three hits, while Yu picked the loss to go 1-1 and an ERA of 5.06. It was déjà vu all over again at the start of the second game, with Sydney’s Bowen scoring off a wild pitch from Kiwi Ben Thompson, who was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 2019. In the top of the third Jacob Younis hit a home run to left field to make the score 2-0, but Wyatt Hoffman’s double at the bottom of that inning got Robert Emery to the home plate, and soon after the scores were level, thanks to a Keyber Rodriguez sacrifice fly. When Thompson walked Dylan Shockley to have runners on first and second in the top of the fourth, Tuatara manager Steve Mintz made a call to the bullpen for Wei-Chun Weng from Taiwan and he pitched magnificently to get the Tuatara out of trouble. In the lower half of that inning, the Tuatara picked up a couple of runs, with Jack Barrie and Emery getting the RBIs. San Diego Padres prospect Jason Blanchard pitched a solid sixth inning for the Tuatara and stayed on the mound for the seventh, with the game ending with the Tuatara turning a double play.
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Sydney | Adelaide |
Jeremy Atkinson | Josh Cakebread |
Travis Bazzana | Dylan Child |
Taylor Bloye | Jeremy Cresswell |
Blake Cavill | Brock Hebert |
Shayne Fogorty | Chris Jacobs |
Todd Grattan | Elliot Johnstone |
Josh Guyer | Emerson Martinez |
Liam McCallum | Hever Bueno |
Andrew Mitchell | Jared Koenig |
Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
02.12.22 | Adelaide | 5-7 | Loss |
26.11.22 | Auckland | 4-2 | Loss |
26.11.22 | Auckland | 1-6 | Win |
25.11.22 | Auckland | 2-1 | Loss |
20.11.22 | Brisbane | 5-7 | Loss |
Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
02.12.22 | Sydney | 5-7 | Win |
27.11.22 | Melbourne | 4-0 | Win |
26.11.22 | Melbourne | 3-2 | Win |
25.11.22 | Melbourne | 7-4 | Win |
24.11.22 | Melbourne | 8-5 | Win |
Date | Opponent | Score | Winner |
02.12.22 | Sydney Adelaide | 5 7 | Adelaide |
01.12.19 | Sydney Adelaide | 4 7 | Adelaide |
30.11.19 | Sydney Adelaide | 9 1 | Sydney |
29.11.19 | Sydney Adelaide | 4 0 | Sydney |
28.11.19 | Sydney Adelaide | 5 0 | Sydney |
Sydney vs Adelaide Australia ABL game will be held on December 3, 12:30 PM (International Time) and 9:30 AM (Indian Time). The audience can live stream the match on FOX SPORTS 507, Kayo Sports, and theABL.com.au. There, you may watch the entire live event.
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