The Australia Baseball Federation’s Claxton Shield competition has concluded its six-round regular season schedule, with three teams left standing in contention for the Shield. The Perth Heat ended up with a 12-6 record, finishing first in the five-team standings, earning a semifinal bye and an automatic berth in the final series.
Playing the best-of-3 semis this weekend are the 10-6 Victoria Aces and 9-7 New South Wales Patriots. Both teams were tied for second at 8-5 heading into their series last weekend, but the Aces crushed the Patriots, 12-2, last Sunday to win the series and the number two slot in the tables. Victoria catcher Grant Karlssen cracked a 3-run homer in the third inning to erase a 1-0 Patriots lead in the deciding game. New South Wales finished one game ahead of the 8-8 Queensland Rams, who swept 1-15 South Australia in their season-ending series to keep the Rams’ slight playoff hopes alive.
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