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Adelaide outfielder Aaron Whitefield has been voted the 2020 Helms Award winner, joining an exclusive club of two-time winners.

The 23-year-old caught the eyes of managers around the Australian Baseball League, who each casted a 3-2-1 vote at the end of the season, after a standout campaign in his second year with the Giants.

Dylan Unsworth arrived in Perth ahead of the 2019/20 Australian Baseball League season looking to put his name back out there after the most testing year of his baseball career.

The South African native certainly did just that, putting together one of the most consistent seasons by a starter in ABL history and capping it off by being named the 2020 Brett Sports Pitching Champion following a poll of  the eight managers.

Adelaide’s Ryan Chaffee has been named Australian Baseball League’s Brett Sports Reliever of the Year after another impressive campaign at the Giants.

The 31-year-old closer was voted as the 2020 winner with the league’s eight managers polled following the season’s conclusion.

Adelaide’s Aaron Whitefield has become the first outfielder to claim the Australian Baseball League’s Brett Sports Defensive Player of the Year award.

The Giants’ centrefielder was voted as the 2020 winner after a poll of the league’s eight managers at the completion of the season.

Elliot Johnstone has created Auckland history, becoming the first player from the expansion outfit to claim an official Australian Baseball League end-of-season award.

The 21-year-old pitcher was voted as the 2020 Brett Sports Rookie of the Year after a poll of managers around the ABL, capping off an impressive second season for the Tuatara.

Melbourne has secured its first Australian Baseball League title, taking down Adelaide in two games in the Championship Series to give retiring Luke Hughes, Allan de San Miguel and Peter Moylan a fairytale farewell.

The Aces’ offence was too hot for Adelaide in game two at West Beach on Saturday night, backing a strong start from Wes Helsabeck to propel Melbourne to a 6-2 victory and Victoria’s first Claxton Shield since 2010.

Melbourne is one win away from bringing the Claxton Shield back to Victoria for the first time since 2010 after walking off Adelaide in game one of the Australian Baseball League Championship Series at Melbourne Ballpark last night.

Retiring Allan de San Miguel’s single and an error helped the Aces pull level in the ninth ahead of Shane Robinson driving in the catcher to lift Melbourne to a 4-3 victory.

Adelaide will head to an unhappy hunting ground to get its quest for South Australia’s first Claxton Shield since 1980 underway.

The Giants travel to Melbourne Ballpark for the opening game of their best-of-three ABL Championship Series against Melbourne with a dismal recent record at the venue.

The 2020 Australian Baseball League Championship series will get underway on Friday night at when Melbourne host Adelaide at Melbourne Ballpark.

First pitch in the opening game of the best-of-three series is slated for 7pm.

Adelaide will play Melbourne in the 2020 Australian Baseball League Championship series after downing Canberra 6-3 in a tense decider in their best-of-three Semi-Final on Sunday afternoon at West Beach.

The Giants jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and used a 10-out save from closer Ryan Chaffee to hold off a fast-finishing Cavalry and book their chance to compete for the Claxton Shield against the Aces next weekend.