Steve Potter
1/4/2021 - Winter League Recap - Australia
Adelaide 6 Brisbane 1 ( seven innings )
The Adelaide Giants opened Australian Baseball League play in Brisbane versus the Bandits with an 11 AM ( Australian time ) game. The ballgames can be seen live via streaming on the ABL link.
Adelaide scored three runs in the first inning as former Phillie Curtis Mead hit a three run home run. They scored twice more in the third inning as Rixon Wingrove belted an opposite field double to left center field to plate Kendall Simmons ( singled ) and Luke Williams ( walked ).
Corneluis Randolph went yard over the left field wall for a solo home run in the fifth inning.
Notes :
There are three teams playing in the Brisbane Hub ( Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane ) ... all games are seven inning contests with each team taking turns playing twice in a day.
Kendall Simmons scored twice after reaching base with a single and a walk.
Phillies prospects defensive positions in the game :
Kendall Simmons - SS
Luke Williams - 2B
Rixon Wingrove - 1B
Mitchell Edwards - C
Corneluis Randolph - LF
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