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Round four is done and dusted with four series all resulting in wins – two to home team, two to visitors.

We’ve had a crack at putting together our team of star performers from the weekend’s action.

Historic series wins, drought-breaking victories and walk-off triumphs.

Round four had plenty of action and we’ve broken it all down.

The Perth Heat rode a strong start from 22-year-old starting pitcher Josh Hendrickson en route to a 7-3 win over Geelong-Korea on Sunday night to seal the series.

Hendrickson allowed just one baserunner and struck out a career-high 10 batters in five innings to earn his first ABL win.

A four-run seventh broke a deadlock and propelled Perth to a 2-1 series lead over Geelong-Korea at Perth Harley-Davidson Ballpark on Saturday night.

Jess Williams, Robbie Glendinning and Jordan Qsar drove in runs as the Heat broke a tie ahead of withstanding a close finish to prevail 9-7.

Brisbane and Auckland will be after a series win when they square off in a Saturday doubleheader at OneHub Stadium powered by Optus.

The Bandits were unable to take a 2-0 series lead on Friday night, falling on Won-seok Kim’s late homer in a game shortened by a rain delay and curfew at Brisbane’s home ballpark.

A three-run ninth-inning rally has seen Adelaide come from behind to walk off 4-3 against Melbourne in their Australian Baseball League series opener at West Beach on Friday night.

Rixon Wingrove put the ball in play on a full count and legged out the throw at first as Mikey Reynolds and Aaron Whitefield used their pace to get to home and give the Giants a fifth-straight home win to start the season.

Adelaide and Melbourne will get their crucial Southwest Division series underway as part of a four-game Friday night Australian Baseball League slate.

The Giants return home aiming to extend their winning streak at Active Displays Stadium to five games after sweeping Brisbane in their only other series at the ballpark this season.