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30 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

- Team Australia ABL Community

From curiosity to the Cardinals, Burns eyes big league dream

Jake Burns was not born when now national team manager David Nilsson became the first Australian MLB All Star in 1999.

But it does not stop the former Milwaukee catcher serving as an inspiration to the 16-year-old New South Welshman, who last week put pen to paper with St. Louis.

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28 September 2019 By baseball.com.au

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ABL

Heat re-sign equal ABL wins leader

Perth has re-signed joint modern-day Australian Baseball League wins leader Daniel Schmidt for the 2019/20 season.

The 31-year-old returns for a 10th season with the Heat leading the relaunched league with 35 wins alongside recently retired Sydney starter Craig Anderson.

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27 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

- Team Australia ABL

Hendriks, A's move one step closer to October

Liam Hendriks completed his 25th save of the season as Oakland topped Seattle 3-1 at T-Mobile Park to move one step closer to clinching its postseason spot on Friday afternoon (Australian time).

Hendriks retired the side in the bottom of the ninth as the A’s wrapped up their 96th win of the season and moved within a win of a second-straight playoff series.

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27 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

ABL

ABL all-time saves leader returns for Bandits

Australian Baseball League modern-day saves leader Ryan Searle has committed to Brisbane for a 10th season.

The four-time ABL championship winner has a record 37 saves in the relaunched league and is 18 strikeouts shy of overtaking Canberra’s Brian Grening for most in the modern-day competition.

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27 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

- Little League - Team Australia ABL Community

NSW catcher Burns signs with Cardinals

New South Welshman Jake Burns has become the latest member of Team Australia’s 2019 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup campaign to sign with a MLB organisation.

The 16-year-old catcher overnight put pen to paper with St. Louis in the US and will report to spring training with the Cardinals in 2020.

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26 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

- Team Australia

Roster, schedule revealed for Bendigo Challenge

Twelve members of last year’s WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup roster will be active for the BORAL® Australian Emeralds in next week’s Bendigo Challenge.

Baseball Australia today revealed 29 players would head to Bendigo to face a Japanese All-Star team in a seven-game series from October 2-6.

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26 September 2019 By David Penrose

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ABL

Bandits veteran signs on for 10th season

Brisbane’s modern-day Australian Baseball League games record-holder David Sutherland has committed to the Bandits for a 10th season.

The 34-year-old infielder has played 344 regular-season games in the relaunched ABL, more than everyone except Melbourne catcher Allan de San Miguel (354).

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25 September 2019 By baseball.com.au

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Choi lifts Rays to walk-off win over Yankees

Ji-Man Choi became the latest former Australian Baseball League import to blast a walk-off homer, lifting Tampa Bay to a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field.

A day after former Canberra import Anthony Alford went deep for his first big league homer as Toronto secured a 15-inning win over Baltimore, it was the past Adelaide star’s turn.

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25 September 2019 By David Penrose

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- Team Australia ABL

Rookie of the Year re-signs with Heat

Last season’s Australian Baseball League Rookie of the Year Robbie Glendinning has signed with Perth for the upcoming campaign.

The 23-year-old infielder will return for a third ABL season with the Heat after earning last year’s rookie honour after hitting .364 with 25 RBIs in 28 games.

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24 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

Community Local Baseball

Brisbane South crowned Queensland U18 Champs

Brisbane South has been crowned Queensland U18 State champions after overcoming Brisbane North in the gold medal game on Tuesday afternoon.

South rode a nine-run sixth inning to an 11-2 victory in a hard-fought contest at Narangba Baseball Club.

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24 September 2019 By David Penrose

By David Penrose

Community Local Baseball

Surfers top Windsor in GBL opener

Surfers Paradise rode a strong start from Josh Warner and steady offence to a 10-1 win over Windsor in their Greater Brisbane League season-opener on Sunday.

Twelve months after starting their own title defence with six-straight losses, Surfers took down the 2018/19 champions 10-1 at Sir Bruce Small Park.

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