# 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season

The 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season was the inaugural Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 6 November 2010 to 13 February 2011. It came 12 years after the old Australian Baseball League ceased and is the successor of the mostly amateur Claxton Shield competition that has been played since 1934. The season consisted of six teams competing in a 40-game schedule, followed by a three-round finals series to determine the ABL champion.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the Sydney Blue Sox, Perth Heat, Adelaide Bite and Melbourne Aces progressed to the finals series, while the Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry were only eliminated from contention on the final day of the season. Both Melbourne and Sydney were eliminated by Adelaide in the minor semi-final series and the preliminary final series, respectively. Perth became the inaugural ABL champions when they defeated Adelaide two games to one in the championship series.

## Formation

In June 2009, it was announced that the rights to the Claxton Shield had been sold to a new Australian Baseball League, with ownership split between Major League Baseball's 75 percent share and the 25 percent share owned by the Australian Baseball Federation. The 2010 Claxton Shield tournament was considered preparation for the inaugural ABL season.
Although initial reports suggested that between eight and ten teams would contest the first season, including the possibility of a team based in New Zealand, six teams representing Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney were announced in November 2009 as the foundation clubs.
Compared to the previous season's Claxton Shield tournament, there were few structural changes to the competition. With the expansion from five to six teams, the need for teams to have a bye was eliminated, with all teams participating in games each round. The individual rounds were expanded from three to four games per round, resulting in an increase from 24 to 40 games per team for the season. The postseason was also expanded to include the top four teams, rather than only the top three.

## Teams
### Rosters

During the season each team made use of a 22-man active roster, drawn from 35-man squads announced on 28 October 2010.

### Venues

Four of the six teams used their existing venues from the Claxton Shield: the Adelaide Bite, Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox all used the same grounds used in the 2010 Claxton Shield by the respective state teams, and the Canberra Cavalry used the same venue used by Australia Provincial when they last contested the Claxton Shield in 2008: Narrabundah Ballpark.
The Melbourne Aces played at the Melbourne Showgrounds, after the Victorian state government announced a A$300,000 upgrade of the grounds. Similarly the Queensland state government announced a A$300,000 upgrade of the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for use by the Brisbane Bandits as their home field.
| Team | City | State | Stadium |
| Adelaide Bite | Adelaide | South Australia | Coopers Stadium |
| Brisbane Bandits | Brisbane | Queensland | Brisbane Exhibition Ground |
| Canberra Cavalry | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | Narrabundah Ballpark |
| Melbourne Aces | Melbourne | Victoria | Melbourne Showgrounds |
| Perth Heat | Perth | Western Australia | Baseball Park |
| Sydney Blue Sox | Sydney | New South Wales | Blacktown Olympic Park |

## Regular season

The regular season was held from 6 November 2010 through to 22 January 2011. All six teams competed in a double round-robin format, playing each other team in two series of four games each, totalling 40 games played each. The top four teams progressed to the postseason. The winner of the championship series will be awarded the Claxton Shield.
At the end of the regular season, the Sydney Blue Sox finished in first place with a 24–15 win–loss record. Half a game behind Sydney were the Perth Heat in second place. The third place team was the Adelaide Bite a further game behind. The Melbourne Aces finished in fourth place six games behind the Blue Sox. The Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry, who played only 36 games due to 2010–11 Queensland floods, finished in fifth and sixth place, eight and a half and ten and a half games behind the leader respectively.

### Standings

2010–11 regular season standings :
| Team | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GB | PCT | Qualification |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 39 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | — | .615 | Major semi final berth |
| Perth Heat | 40 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | .600 | Major semi final berth |
| Adelaide Bite | 40 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | .575 | Minor semi final berth |
| Melbourne Aces | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | .462 | Minor semi final berth |
| Brisbane Bandits | 36 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8.5 | .389 | |
| Canberra Cavalry | 36 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 10.5 | .333 | |
* 1 2 The third game played between Sydney and Melbourne in round 4 was called a tie with a score of 1–1 under ABL rule 5-6-8. The result is not counted towards the teams' standings. A game postponed from round 4, held in round 5, was played with the Melbourne Aces as the away team and the Sydney Blue Sox as the home team, despite being played at the Melbourne Showgrounds.
* 1 2 A game postponed from round 4, held in round 7, was played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Canberra Cavalry as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.
* 1 2 Two games postponed from round 5, held in round 10, were played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Brisbane Bandits as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

### Opening night

The season started on 6 November 2010, when the Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Canberra Cavalry at Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox won the inaugural game of the league, defeating the Cavalry 1–0. In what was effectively a pitchers' duel, Blue Sox starting pitcher Chris Oxspring was the stand-out performer for the night, having scattered 3 hits and 1 walk over 6 innings and striking out 8. The Cavalry, however, opted to use several pitchers, each throwing two complete innings.
Sydney left fielder Tim Auty registered the league's first hit of the season in the bottom of the first with a line drive single to centre field. Canberra did not register a hit until the fourth inning to see their first baserunner when third baseman Kyu-Hyun Moon singled to right field.
The game had been scoreless through the first seven innings, despite Sydney loading the bases in the bottom of the sixth against reliever Lee Jung-Min: right fielder David Kandilas walked to lead off the inning, and was followed by third baseman Trent D'Antonio with a single to left field. Auty hit a sacrifice bunt to move both runners over, leading the Cavalry to intentionally walk centre fielder Mitch Dening. The Blue Sox were unable to capitalise on the opportunity, when designated hitter Patrick Maat struck out and catcher Andrew Graham grounded out.
Sydney scored the only run of the night in the eighth inning against reliever Heo Jun-Hyeok. With two out, Auty singled to left field for his second hit of the night, then stole second base. He was then driven in by Dening, who singled to centre field. Dening also stole second, but was stranded there at the end of the inning. In the top of the ninth, relievers Matthew Williams and Koo Dae-Sung combined to close the game out, earning a hold and save respectively.
6 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Wayne Lundgren (1–0) LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (1) Attendance: 1,427 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 1

The Melbourne Aces played the Adelaide Bite at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide, the Perth Heat played against the Brisbane Bandits at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, and the Sydney Blue Sox and Canberra Cavalry continued their series at Blacktown Olympic Park for the first round of the season.

#### Adelaide v Melbourne

The Adelaide Bite won its opening game for the season, defeating the Melbourne Aces 9–1, in large part due to the Paul Mildren's pitching and Ben Wigmore's hitting. Mildren pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing 6 hits and struck out 5, while Wigmore went 4–for–5 with a double, a home run and 5 runs batted in. Despite scoring first in the second inning through back-to-back doubles from Grant Karlsen and Itaru Hashimoto, the Aces lost the second game of the series 7–4. the Bite's starting pitcher Darren Fidge was once again the standout; he pitched 8 innings and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks, and struck out 7. Quincy Latimore went 4–for–8 over the two games of the doubleheader; he hit a 3-run home run in the first inning and took a catch at the left field wall in the fifth inning of game one to help Adelaide to a 13–2 win, then hit two more home runs in the second game where Adelaide won 8–3 to complete the series sweep.
11 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| WP: Paul Mildren (1–0) LP: Adam Blackley (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Ben Wigmore (1) Attendance: 1,795 Boxscore |||||||||||||
12 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Darren Fidge (1–0) LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Home runs: MEL: Justin Huber (1) ADE: Ben Wigmore (2) Attendance: 1,538 Boxscore |||||||||||||
13 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | X | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Ryan Murphy (1–0) LP: Brad Hertzler (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Quincy Latimore (1) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
13 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Dushan Ruzic (1–0) LP: Donavon Hendricks (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None ADE: Quincy Latimore 2 (3) Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Brisbane v Perth

The Brisbane Bandits and the Perth Heat opened their seasons in Brisbane. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Graeme Lloyd and caught by the Bandits' manager Dave Nilsson; the only all-Australian battery to appear in a Major League Baseball game and both Baseball Australia Hall of Fame inductees in their own right. Despite Robbie Widlansky's two extra base hits and his scoring two runs, Perth was unable to take the lead at any point in the game. Brisbane's Wade Dutton, Shuhei Fukuda, Alan Schoenberger, and Joel Naughton each had multi-hit games to help the Bandits to an 8–3 win. Widlansky was a key player for the Heat again in the second game, which Perth won 2–0, opening the scoring with a solo home run. Daniel Schmidt was the other key player; he was the starting pitcher and pitched 8 innings, allowing no runs on 5 hits and striking out 8 Bandits. Perth also won both games of the doubleheader—4–2 in the day game and 4–1 in the night game—to win its opening series. In the day game Brandon Dale went 3–for–4 with a double and a run batted in, and Luke Hughes went 1–for–2 scoring 2 runs, including scoring a run from his lead-off triple in the fifth inning. Heat pitchers Warwick Saupold, Tyler Anderson, Robert Sorensen, and Liam Hendriks combined to keep the Bandits to 1 run on 7 hits, striking out 11 Brisbane hitters.
11 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (1–0) LP: Dean White (0–1) Sv: Simon Morriss (1) Attendance: 1,551 Boxscore |||||||||||||
12 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (1–0) LP: Hiroki Yamada (0–1) Sv: Liam Hendriks (1) Home runs: PER: Robbie Widlansky (1) BRI: None Attendance: 1,151 Boxscore |||||||||||||
13 November 2010 16:30 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| WP: Cameron Lamb (1–0) LP: Chris Mowday (1–1) Sv: Brett Jacobson (1) Attendance: 1,450 Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
13 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Warwick Saupold (1–0) LP: Ryan Searle (0–1) Sv: Liam Hendriks (1) Attendance: 1,450 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Sydney v Canberra

Six days after the opening night of the season Sydney and Canberra continued their series at Blacktown Olympic Park. Three of the Blue Sox's key players from that opening night gave repeat performances to defeat the Cavalry 4–2: Chris Oxspring was the starting pitcher for Sydney and pitched 8 innings, having allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 7 to earn the win; Koo Dae-Sung retired the three Cavalry hitters he faced for a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save; Mitch Dening hit a ground rule double with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth inning. In the first game of the season to be called early as a result of the league's run differential rule, Sydney comfortably beat Canberra 13–3. Though the Blue Sox combined to hit 7–for–17 with runners in scoring position and 7 runs driven in with two out, they were aided by 2 wild pitches by Cavalry pitchers, 3 passed balls by catcher Michael Collins, and 4 errors in the field, resulting in only 3 of the 13 runs scored by the Blue Sox being earned. Alex Johnson's 3-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning was the difference in the final game of the series, helping Sydney to a 7–5 win and to sweep Canberra 4–0 in the series.
12 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Chris Oxspring (1–0) LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (0–2) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (2) Home runs: CAN: Nick Kimpton (1) SYD: Trent D'Antonio (1) Attendance: 797 Boxscore |||||||||||||
13 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | X | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Wayne Lundgren (2–0) LP: Phil Brassington (0–1) Attendance: 998 Boxscore |||||||||||||
14 November 2010 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Aaron Sookee (1–0) LP: Tim Atherton (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (3) Home runs: CAN: None SYD: Alex Johnson (1) Attendance: 984 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 2

The Perth Heat had their home opening series, hosting the Adelaide Bite at Baseball Park as did Canberra Cavalry in facing the Melbourne Aces at Narrabundah Ballpark. The Brisbane Bandits continued their homestand, playing the Sydney Blue Sox at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.

#### Perth v Adelaide

In their first game at home for the season, Perth defeated Adelaide 4–2. Matt Kennelly and Luke Hughes each hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings respectively to lead the Heat offence. Despite home runs from Evan McArthur and Ronnie Welty, Adelaide were able to square the series by winning 7–3 in the second game; James McOwen homered as part of the Bite's 6-run sixth inning, while Quincy Latimore hit his 4th home run of the season in the seventh. Tied at 4–4 at the end of nine innings, game three went into extra innings. Ronnie Welty produced a walk-off home run in the bottom of the twelfth inning; his second home run in as many days to give the Heat a 6–4 win. The final game of the series was won by Adelaide 4–3. Quincy Latimore hit an RBI-double in the top of the ninth inning to put the Bite in front. In trying to score the tying run, Matt Kennelly was thrown out at home plate by James McOwen in center field for the final out of the game.
17 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Perth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Cameron Lamb (2–0) LP: Paul Mildren (1–1) Sv: Brett Jacobson (2) Home runs: ADE: None PER: Matt Kennelly (1), Luke Hughes (3) Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore |||||||||||||
18 November 2010 11:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Darren Fidge (2–0) LP: Daniel Schmidt (1–1) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (1), Quincy Latimore (4) PER: Evan McArthur (1), Ronnie Welty (1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore |||||||||||||
19 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/12) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Perth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| WP: Dean White (1–1) LP: Ryan Murphy (1–1) Home runs: PER: None PER: Ronnie Welty (2) Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore ||||||||||||||||
20 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Wayne Ough (1–0) LP: Liam Baron (0–1) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (2) PER: None Attendance: 1,200 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Canberra v Melbourne

18 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Canberra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (1–2) LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–2) Sv: Chris Morgan (1) Home runs: MEL: None CAN: Moon Kyu-Hyun (1) Attendance: 1,382 Boxscore |||||||||||||
19 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| WP: Adam Blackley (1–1) LP: Steve Kent (0–1) Sv: Tetsu Nishikawa (1) Attendance: 957 Boxscore |||||||||||||
20 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Greg Wiltshire (1–0) LP: Jin Myung-Ho (0–1) Sv: Masumi Hoshino (1) Home runs: MEL: Andrew Russell (1) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
20 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/11) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Canberra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Phil Brassington (1–1) LP: Adam Bright (0–1) Home runs: MEL: None CAN: Josh Davies (1) Attendance: 1,215 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||||

#### Brisbane v Sydney

18 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Brisbane | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: James Albury (1–0) LP: Wayne Lundgren (2–1) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Denning (1), Alex Johnson (2) BRI: None Attendance: 654 Boxscore |||||||||||||
19 November 2010 16:30 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground (F/12) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (2–1) LP: Koo Dae-Sung (0–1) Notes: Originally scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore ||||||||||||||||
19 November 2010 21:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WP: Chris Oxspring (2–0) LP: Ryan Searle (0–2) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (3) BRI: None Attendance: 1,203 Notes: Scheduled as 9 innings but shortened to 7. The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
21 November 2010 14:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Craig Anderson (1–0) LP: Justin Erasmus (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (4) Attendance: 1,050 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 3

The third round of the season had the same match-ups of teams from the previous round, but with a switch of home and away teams: the Adelaide Bite hosted the Perth Heat at Coopers Stadium, the Melbourne Aces had their home opener against the Canberra Cavalry at the Melbourne Showgrounds, and the Sydney Blue Sox faced the Brisbane Bandits at Blacktown Olympic Park.

#### Adelaide v Perth

25 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Warwick Saupold (2–0) LP: Paul Mildren (1–2) Sv: Brett Jacobson (3) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (2), Allan de San Miguel (1), Mitchell Graham (1) ADE: Jeremy Cresswell 2 (2), James McOwen (3) Attendance: 1,399 Boxscore |||||||||||||
26 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (2–1) LP: Darren Fidge (2–1) Home runs: PER: Allan de San Miguel (2) ADE: None Attendance: 1,639 Boxscore |||||||||||||
27 November 2010 16:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (1–0) LP: Cole McCurry (0–1) Sv: Mark Brackman (1) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (3) ADE: Brendon Pett (1) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: Dushan Ruzic (2–0) LP: Liam Hendriks (0–1) Home runs: PER: Clint Balgera (1), Allan de San Miguel (3) ADE: Quincy Latimore (5), Brandon Bantz (1) Attendance: 1,622 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Melbourne v Canberra

The Melbourne Aces were scheduled to open their first home series of the season on Friday, 26 November but had to wait for two days and three games to be rained out. As a result, the series was shortened to two 7 inning games played on Sunday, 28 November. In the first game the Aces scored all their runs from four home runs, including 2-run shots from Scott Wearne (2–for–3) in the first inning and Grant Karlsen (2–for–3 with a double) in the fourth, allowing Melbourne to win 6–2. Wearne hit another first-inning home run in the second game, but the highlight—also in the first inning—of the game was a grand slam from Takahiro Ijyuin. Both home runs helped to set up a comfortable 10–2 win for the Aces to complete a sweep of the shortened series.
28 November 2010 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Greg Wiltshire (2–0) LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (1–3) Home runs: CAN: Nick Kimpton (2) MEL: Scott Wearne (1), Josh Davies (2), Grant Karlsen (1), Itaru Hashimoto (1) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2010 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Norihito Kaneto (1–2) LP: Steven Kent (0–2) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Scott Wearne (2), Takahiro Ijyuin (1) Attendance: 783 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||

#### Sydney v Brisbane

26 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| WP: James Albury (2–0) LP: Wayne Lundgren (2–2) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts (1) SYD: None Attendance: 1,314 Boxscore |||||||||||||
27 November 2010 17:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: David Welch (1–0) LP: Ryan Searle (0–3) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (5) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/11) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (3–1) LP: Matthew Williams (0–1) Attendance: 1,770 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||||
28 November 2010 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/5) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Vaughan Harris (1–0) LP: Justin Erasmus (0–2) Attendance: 1,135 Notes: Called due to rain. Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 4

The Canberra Cavalry returned to the Narrabundah Ballpark to host the Adelaide Bite. The Perth Heat also returned to their home ground at Baseball Park to face the Brisbane Bandits, completing their season series. The Sydney Blue Sox completed their homestand against the Melbourne Aces at Blacktown Olympic Park.

#### Canberra v Adelaide

As was the case for Canberra's previous series in Melbourne, the opening game of the series was called off because of the rain before a pitch was thrown. The game was rescheduled for the following day as part of a doubleheader.
3 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Rinku Singh (1–0) LP: Paul Mildren (1–3) Sv: Chris Morgan (2) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | X | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| WP: Michael Lennox (1–0) LP: Darren Fidge (2–2) Sv: Alex Rogers (1) Home runs: ADE: Brandon Bantz (2) CAN: None Attendance: 897 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
4 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Canberra | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (2–3) LP: Brandon Maurer (1–1) Home runs: ADE: None CAN: Donald Lutz (1) Attendance: 792 Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||

#### Perth v Brisbane

Brisbane dominated Perth in the first game of the series to win in 8–1. Alan Schoenberger led the offence for the Bandits, hitting 3–for–4 with a double and a run batted in, as did Shuhei Fukuda with a home run in the first at bat of the game. Hiroki Yamada was credited with the win on the mound, pitching for 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 8.
2 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| WP: Hiroki Yamada (1–1) LP: Liam Hendriks (0–2) Home runs: BRI: Shuhei Fukuda (1) PER: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore |||||||||||||
3 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Perth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (3–1) LP: James Albury (2–1) Sv: Cameron Lamb (1) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts (2) PER: Robbie Widlansky (2) Attendance: 600 Boxscore |||||||||||||
4 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/12) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Simon Morriss (1–0) LP: Dean White (1–2) Boxscore ||||||||||||||||
4 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Liam Baron (1–1) LP: Simon Morriss (1–1) Home runs: BRI: Brandon Dale (1) PER: None Attendance: 1,383 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Sydney v Melbourne

3 December 2010 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Sydney | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Chris Oxspring (3–0) LP: Adam Blackley (1–2) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (6) Attendance: 1,019 Boxscore |||||||||||||
5 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| WP: Wayne Lundgren (3–2) LP: Jumpei Ono (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (7) Home runs: MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) SYD: None Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||
5 December 2010 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Attendance: 1,540 Notes: Shortened to 7 innings, as part of a make-up doubleheader. ABL tiebreaking rule in effect for extra innings due to league imposed curfew. Game officially called complete as a tie. Boxscore ||||||||||||

### Round 5

The Adelaide Bite completed their road trip, facing the Brisbane Bandits at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Perth Heat completed their homestand, playing the Canberra Cavalry at Baseball Park in Perth. The Melbourne Aces hosted the Sydney Blue Sox for the final games of their season series, including a makeup game from the previous round in Sydney.

#### Brisbane v Adelaide

9 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Bite | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Bandits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Mark Brackman (1–0) LP: James Albury (2–2) Sv: Darren Fidge (1) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch 2 (2), Brandon Bantz (3) BRI: Akira Nakamura (1) Attendance: 801 Boxscore |||||||||||||
10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Bite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Bandits | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Hiroki Yamada (2–1) LP: Paul Mildren (1–4) Sv: Simon Morriss (2) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch (3) BRI: Rory Rhodes (1) Attendance: 1,205 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Perth v Canberra

9 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Liam Hendriks (1–2) LP: Jin Myung-Ho (0–2) Home runs: CAN: None PER: Mitch Graham (2), Ronnie Welty (3) Attendance: 593 Boxscore |||||||||||||
10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Perth | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (4–1) LP: Steven Kent (0–3) Home runs: CAN: None PER: Mitch Graham (3) Attendance: 900 Boxscore |||||||||||||
11 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/9) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Liam Baron (2–1) LP: Chris Morgan (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Collins (1) PER: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||
11 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Tyler Anderson (1–0) LP: Phil Brassington (1–2) Attendance: 1,069 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Melbourne v Sydney

10 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/15) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| WP: Adam Bright (1–1) LP: Matthew Rae (0–1) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa (1), Michael Lysaught (1) MEL: Justin Huber (2), Josh Davies 2 (4) Attendance: 1,998 Boxscore |||||||||||||||||||
11 December 2010 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| WP: Masumi Hoshino (1–0) LP: Todd Van Steensel (0–1) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Dening 2 (3) MEL: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore ||||||||||||
11 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: David Welch (2–0) LP: Travis Blackley (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (8) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (4) MEL: Takahiro Ijyuin (2) Attendance: 1,113 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||
12 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| WP: Matthew Blackmore (1–0) LP: Craig Anderson (1–1) Home runs: MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Andrew Russell (2), Takahiro Ijyuin (3) SYD: Michael Lysaught (2), Patrick Maat (1) Notes: Re-scheduled from round 4, to 7 innings as the first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
12 December 2010 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | X | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| WP: Jumpei Ono (1–1) LP: Vaughan Harris (1–1) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa 2 (3), Josh Dean (1) MEL: Itaru Hashimoto (2), Yoshiyuki Kamei (3), Andrew Russell (3), Nathan Aron (1) Attendance: 754 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 6

The Canberra Cavalry hosted the Perth Heat at Narrabundah Ballpark to complete their season series. The Sydney Blue Sox continued their road trip, facing the Adelaide Bite at Coopers Stadium. The Melbourne Aces completed their homestand with two back–to–back series at the Melbourne Showgrounds; two games against the Cavalry to make up for the games washed out in round 3, and four against the Brisbane Bandits as was originally scheduled.

#### Canberra v Perth

16 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Canberra | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: Tim Atherton (1–1) LP: Liam Hendriks (1–3) Sv: Hayden Beard (1) Attendance: 874 Boxscore |||||||||||||
17 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Lee Jung-Min (1–0) LP: Daniel Schmidt (4–2) Home runs: PER: Donald Lutz (2) CAN: Ronnie Welty (4) Attendance: 1,006 Boxscore |||||||||||||
18 December 2010 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Canberra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| WP: Benn Grice (1–0) LP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (2–4) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (4), Ryne Price 2 (2), Ronnie Welty (5) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
18 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Canberra | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: Tim Atherton (2–1) LP: Warwick Saupold (2–1) Sv: Hayden Beard (2) Home runs: PER: Tim Kennelly (1) CAN: None Attendance: 992 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Adelaide v Sydney

16 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Dushan Ruzic (3–0) LP: Vaughan Harris (1–2) Home runs: SYD: Boss Moanaroa (4) ADE: James McOwen (4) Attendance: 1,305 Boxscore |||||||||||||
17 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| WP: David Welch (3–0) LP: Paul Mildren (1–5) Home runs: SYD: Michael Lysaught (3), Alex Johnson (5) ADE: None Attendance: 2,601 Boxscore |||||||||||||
18 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (2–1) LP: Wayne Lundgren (3–3) Home runs: SYD: None ADE: James McOwen (4) Attendance: 1,374 Boxscore |||||||||||||
19 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Craig Anderson (2–1) LP: Dushan Ruzic (3–1) Attendance: 849 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Melbourne v Canberra

20 December 2010 11:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | X | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| WP: Norihito Kaneto (2–2) LP: Luke Wilkins (0–1) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (4), Andrew Russell 2 (5), Justin Huber (3) Notes: Re-scheduled as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||
20 December 2010 14:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Nathan Crawford (1–0) LP: Adam Bright (1–2) Sv: Tim Atherton (1) Home runs: CAN: None MEL: Andrew Russell (6) Attendance: 314 Notes: Re-scheduled as the second game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||

#### Melbourne v Brisbane

21 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: Greg Wiltshire (3–0) LP: Hiroki Yamada (2–2) Sv: Adam Bright (1) Home runs: BRI: Alan Schoenberger 2 (2), Shuhei Fukuda 2 (3), Akira Nakamura (1) MEL: Justin Huber (4), Grant Karlsen (2), Scott Wearne (3) Attendance: 723 Boxscore |||||||||||||
22 December 2010 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 12 | 14 | 4 |
| WP: Tetsu Nishikawa (1–0) LP: Ryan Searle (0–4) Sv: David Miller (1) Home runs: BRI: Josh Roberts 2 (4), Brad Dutton 2 (2) MEL: Josh Davies (5), Paul Rutgers (1), Justin Huber (5) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
22 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Adam Blackley (2–2) LP: Reo Chikada (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei (5), Justin Huber (6) Attendance: 1,203 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader Boxscore |||||||||||||
23 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | X | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: Jeff Jamnik (1–0) LP: James Albury (2–3) Home runs: BRI: Shuhei Fukuda (4) MEL: Yoshiyuki Kamei 2 (7), Grant Karlsen 2 (4) Attendance: 952 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 7

The Adelaide Bite completed their homestand by hosting the Canberra Cavalry for a five–game series, including a game postponed from round 4 due to wet weather, at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide. The Brisbane Bandits returned home to complete their season series against the Melbourne Aces at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Perth Heat faced the Sydney Blue Sox for the first time in the season, playing at Baseball Park, Perth.

#### Adelaide v Canberra

29 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Heo Jun-Hyeok (3–4) LP: Mark Brackman (1–1) Home runs: ADE: None CAN: Didi Gregorius (1) Attendance: 914 Notes: Re-scheduled from round 4. Boxscore |||||||||||||
30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Paul Mildren (2–5) LP: Lee Jung-Min (1–1) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Stefan Welch (4) Attendance: 1,335 Boxscore |||||||||||||
31 December 2010 17:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (3–1) LP: Phil Brassington (1–3) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Tom Brice (1) Attendance: 778 Boxscore |||||||||||||
1 January 2011 17:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Dushan Ruzic (4–1) LP: Tim Atherton (2–2) Sv: Jackson Lodge (1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Wells (1), Lee Seung-Hwa (1) ADE: None Attendance: 1,343 Boxscore |||||||||||||
2 January 2011 13:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canberra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Darren Fidge (3–2) LP: Michael Lennox (1–1) Home runs: CAN: None ADE: Scott Gladstone (1), James McOwen (6), Stefan Welch (5) Attendance: 1,292 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Brisbane v Melbourne

30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| WP: Adam Blackley (3–2) LP: James Albury (2–4) Sv: Adam Bright (2) Home runs: MEL: Brett Tamburrino (1) ADE: Joshua Roberts (5), Rory Rhodes (2) Attendance: 1,057 Boxscore |||||||||||||
31 December 2010 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Simon Morriss (2–1) LP: Shane Lindsay (0–1) Sv: Chris Mowday (1) Attendance: 886 Boxscore |||||||||||||
1 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| Brisbane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Greg Wiltshire (4–0) LP: Steven Chambers (0–1) Sv: Shane Lindsay (1) Home runs: MEL: Paul Rutgers (2) BRI: Chad Gabriel (1) Attendance: 1,167 Boxscore |||||||||||||
2 January 2011 14:00 (UTC+10:00) at Brisbane Exhibition Ground :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (4–1) LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–1) Attendance: 958 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Perth v Sydney

30 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| WP: Chris Oxspring (4–0) LP: Liam Hendriks (1–4) Home runs: SYD: Mitch Dening (4) PER: None Attendance: 1,299 Boxscore |||||||||||||
31 December 2010 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: David Welch (4–0) LP: Daniel Schmidt (4–3) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (9) Home runs: SYD: Alex Johnson (6), Trent Schmutter (1) PER: None Attendance: 1,237 Boxscore |||||||||||||
1 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Perth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Koo Dae-Sung (1–1) LP: Matt Zachary (0–1) Attendance: 1,215 Boxscore ||||||||||||||
2 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| WP: Craig Anderson (3–1) LP: Warwick Saupold (2–2) Attendance: 1,356 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 8

The Melbourne Aces started their final homestand of the season at the Melbourne Showgrounds, facing the Adelaide Bite to complete their season series. The Canberra Cavalry and the Brisbane Bandits met for the first time, at Narrabundah Ballpark. The Sydney Blue Sox and Perth Heat completed their season series in back–to–back rounds, at Blacktown Olympic Park.

#### Melbourne v Adelaide

Though Adelaide were able to put together an early 6-run lead through 3 home runs—including a grand slam from Tom Brice—Melbourne built their score throughout the game to win the opening game of the series 11–8. Of the Aces' 11 runs, 6 were unearned resulting from the Bite's 7 errors. In a reversal of form, Adelaide won the second game 6–3: two plays in the eighth inning that would otherwise have resulted in the third out were missed, each allowing the Bite to score an additional run to take the lead. For the third game in a row, the first team to score actually lost with Adelaide winning 9–2. Also continuing a trend in the series of runs scored from mistakes; both Bite runs scored in the sixth inning came when Melbourne's Shane Lindsay hit two consecutive hitters with bases loaded. Adelaide sealed the series win in the final game of the series, defeating Melbourne 10–7. The bite scored 5 runs without an out being recorded, including the first of two home runs from both Brandon Bantz and Tom Brice.
6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Adam Bright (2–2) LP: Reed Brown (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Tom Brice 2 (3), Kwak Yong-Sup (1), Jeremy Cresswell (3) MEL: Brett Tamburrino (2), Scott Wearne (4), Andrew Russell (7) Attendance: 1,008 Boxscore |||||||||||||
7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Adrian Burnside (1–0) LP: Russell Spear (0–1) Sv: Tom Becker (1) Attendance: 1,342 Boxscore |||||||||||||
8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (4–1) LP: Adam Blackley (3–3) Home runs: ADE: James McOwen (7), Brandon Bantz (4), Jeremy Cresswell (4) MEL: Paul Rutgers (3) Attendance: 1,332 Boxscore |||||||||||||
9 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
| WP: Dushan Ruzic (5–1) LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–2) Sv: Tom Becker (2) Home runs: ADE: Brandon Bantz 2 (6), Tom Brice 2 (5) MEL: Paul Rutgers (4), Josh Davies (6) Attendance: 1,098 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Canberra v Brisbane

The first game of the series was tied after the ninth inning, with both sides having had the lead at different points in the game. In the twelfth inning, Rory Rhodes for Brisbane and Donald Lutz for Canberra each hit solo home runs to keep the game tied. Alan Schoenberger scored the winning run in the thirteenth inning for the Bandits to win 7–6; Schoenberger doubled to centre field, was advanced by Wade Dutton's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Trent Baker's sacrifice fly. Alan Schoenberger opened the scoring in the second game with a grand slam in the second inning, while Michael Collins likewise ended the scoring with a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the win to Canberra 9–7. Despite Donald Lutz's third home run in as many games, Brisbane won the third game 16–9, after converting 7 hits and 5 walks in the first two innings into 11 runs. After the fourth game was tied in the bottom of the ninth inning through Tylor Prudhome's RBI-single broke the tie immediately in the tenth inning with an RBI-single from Trent Baker and a 3-run double from Josh Roberts to give Brisbane the win 8–4 and Canberra its first series loss at home.
6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/13) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 |
| Canberra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (5–1) LP: Chris Kimpton (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Chad Gabriel (2), Rory Rhodes (3) CAN: Donald Lutz (3) Attendance: 1,138 Boxscore |||||||||||||||||
7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: Lee Jung-Min (2–1) LP: Chris Mowday (5–2) Sv: Tim Atherton (2) Home runs: BRI: Alan Schoenberger (3) CAN: Donald Lutz (4), Michael Collins (2) Attendance: 1,162 Boxscore |||||||||||||
8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
| Canberra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| WP: James Albury (3–4) LP: Jarrett Commane (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None CAN: Donald Lutz (5) Attendance: 1,358 Boxscore |||||||||||||
9 January 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Chris Mowday (6–2) LP: Chris Morgan (0–2) Attendance: 820 Boxscore ||||||||||||||

#### Sydney v Perth

Despite having been swept at home by Sydney the previous weekend, and the addition of two Major Leaguers to the Blue Sox roster, Perth opened the series with a 3–1 win. A two-run single from Robbie Widlansky in the sixth inning proved the difference between the two teams. Allan de San Miguel's two 2-run home runs gave the Heat the lead in the second game and then provided insurance against a late Blue Sox rally, allowing Perth an 11–7 win. In his longest start of the season, Cole McCurry pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits, striking out 7 to get his first win in Perth's 4–3 victory, ensuring a Heat series win. Blue Sox manager Glenn Williams was ejected in the bottom of the sixth inning of the final game of the series, for arguing against two consecutive calls that according to him were "questionable". Had either call been made the other way, Sydney would likely have scored the first run of the game. Perth scored in each of the remaining innings to win the game 4–1, and complete the sweep of the series locking the season series at 4–4.
6 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| WP: Trevor Caughey (1–0) LP: Chris Oxspring (4–1) Sv: Brendan Wise (1) Attendance: 1,282 Boxscore |||||||||||||
7 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 3 |
| Sydney | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (5–3) LP: Matthew Williams (0–2) Home runs: PER: Allan de San Miguel 2 (5) SYD: Alex Johnson (7) Attendance: 1,405 Boxscore |||||||||||||
8 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Cole McCurry (1–1) LP: Wayne Lundgren (3–4) Sv: Brendan Wise (2) Attendance: 1,652 Boxscore |||||||||||||
9 January 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Matt Zachary (1–1) LP: Craig Anderson (3–2) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes (2) SYD: None Attendance: 1,175 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 9

The Sydney Blue Sox hosted their final home series of the season, against the Adelaide Bite at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney. The Melbourne Aces and Perth Heat started their season series at the Melbourne Showgrounds. The Brisbane Bandits were scheduled to host the Canberra Cavalry at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, however the ABL postponed the series as a result of widespread flooding in South East Queensland. At the time, a decision had not been made as to whether the games would be rescheduled, however it was announced approximately one week later that the games would be rescheduled to the Monday and Tuesday immediately following round 10 in the form of two doubleheaders, but only if either team had a chance of making the playoffs, and only the games required for one of the teams to qualify.

#### Sydney v Adelaide

For the third game in a row, Sydney allowed their opponents to get a 4-run lead before scoring themselves. However, in the first game of the series against Adelaide, the Blue Sox were able to snap a season-long 4-game losing streak through a walk off single from Trent Schmutter that drove in Mark Holland to win 5–4. Sydney regained first place in the league with a second consecutive win over the Bite 4–3. David Welch was credited with his 5th win of the season (6 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 5 hits, 8 strikeouts), and Koo Dae-Sung earned his league leading 10th save (2 1⁄3 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 2 hits, 3 strikeouts). For the second time in three games, Sydney recorded a walk-off win, beating Adelaide 6–5 in extra innings. Mark Holland's 2-run home run tied the game in the eighth inning, while in the tenth Alex Johnson doubled, then Michael Lysaught—pinch running for Johnson—scored on catcher Brandon Bantz's wild throw to third base to score the winning run. The Blue Sox secured the series sweep by beating the Bite 6–2 in their final home game of the regular season. The four runs driven in by Andrew Graham, Trent Schmutter and Alex Johnson in the fifth inning gave Sydney the lead for the rest of the game.
12 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Rich Thompson (1–0) LP: Tom Becker (0–1) Attendance: 1,187 Boxscore |||||||||||||
13 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Sydney | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: David Welch (5–0) LP: Paul Mildren (2–6) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (10) Attendance: 1,145 Boxscore |||||||||||||
14 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Jarryd Sullivan (1–0) LP: Darren Fidge (3–3) Home runs: ADE: None SYD: Mark Holland (1) Attendance: 1,640 Boxscore ||||||||||||||
15 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Sydney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Wayne Lundgren (4–4) LP: Dushan Ruzic (5–2) Attendance: 1,655 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Melbourne v Perth

14 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Cameron Lamb (3–0) LP: Adam Bright (2–3) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes 2 (4), Robbie Widlansky (3), Ronnie Welty (6), Mitchell Graham (4) MEL: Justin Huber (7), Matthew Lawman (1), Elliot Biddle (1) Attendance: 836 Boxscore |||||||||||||
15 January 2011 16:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| WP: Cole McCurry (2–1) LP: Nicholas Martin (0–1) Home runs: PER: Evan McArthur (5), Mitchell Graham (5), Robbie Widlansky (4), Ronnie Welty (7), Tim Kennelly (2) MEL: Elliot Biddle (2), Justin Huber (8), Josh Davies (7) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
15 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| WP: Benjamin Moore (1–0) LP: Russell Spear (0–2) Home runs: PER: Ronnie Welty 2 (9), Tim Kennelly (3), Lachlan Dale (1) MEL: None Attendance: 1,723 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||
16 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Showgrounds (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Matt Zachary (2–1) LP: Shane Lindsay (0–2) Home runs: PER: Luke Hughes (5), Tim Kennelly (4), Evan McArthur (6), Ryne Price (3), Ronnie Welty (10) MEL: Glenn Mascoll (1) Attendance: 266 Notes: Re-scheduled from 13 January. Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round 10
#### Adelaide v Brisbane

19 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Mark Brackman (2–1) LP: James Albury (3–5) Home runs: ADE: Tom Brice (6) BRI: None Attendance: 1,114 Notes: Re-scheduled from round 5. Boxscore |||||||||||||
20 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| WP: Reed Brown (1–1) LP: Chris Mowday (6–3) Home runs: ADE: Brendon Pett (2) BRI: Wade Dutton (1), David Sutherland 2 (2), Ryan Battaglia (1) Notes: Re-scheduled from round 5 as the first game of a doubleheader for 7 innings. Boxscore ||||||||||||||
20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Darren Fidge (4–3) LP: John Veitch (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Rory Rhodes 2 (5), Joshua Roberts (6) ADE: Brandon Bantz (7) Attendance: 1,103 Notes: The second game of a make-up doubleheader. Boxscore ||||||||||||||
21 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | X | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (5–1) LP: Josh Warner (0–1) Home runs: BRI: None ADE: Stefan Welch (6), James McOwen (8), Brandon Bantz (8), Tom Brice (7) Attendance: 2,005 Boxscore |||||||||||||
22 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| WP: John Veitch (1–1) LP: Nick Talbot (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Joshua Roberts (7), Trent Baker (1), Mitchell Nilsson 2 (2) ADE: Jeremy Cresswell (5), James McOwen (9) Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
22 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Darren Fidge (5–3) LP: Justin Erasmus (0–3) Sv: Tom Becker (3) Home runs: BRI: Trent Baker (2) ADE: James McOwen 2 (11), Scott Gladstone (2), Stefan Welch (7) Attendance: 1,950 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Canberra v Sydney

20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Canberra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Lee Jung-Min (3–1) LP: Chris Oxspring (4–2) Sv: Tim Atherton (3) Home runs: SYD: None CAN: Lee Seung-Hwa (2) Attendance: 1,104 Boxscore |||||||||||||
21 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| Canberra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Todd Grattan (1–0) LP: Hayden Beard (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (11) Home runs: SYD: Michael Lysaught (4) CAN: None Attendance: 1,412 Boxscore |||||||||||||
22 January 2011 16:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Canberra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Koo Dae-Sung (2–1) LP: Tim Atherton (2–3) Home runs: SYD: Brendan Kingman (1) CAN: None Notes: Scheduled as 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore ||||||||||||
22 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Canberra | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Vaughan Harris (2–2) LP: Lee Jung-Min (3–2) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (12) Home runs: SYD: Brendan Kingman (2) CAN: Michael Collins (3) Attendance: 1,320 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Perth v Melbourne

20 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Tetsu Nishikawa (2–0) LP: Benjamin Moore (1–1) Home runs: MEL: Justin Huber (9) PER: None Attendance: 1,290 Boxscore |||||||||||||
21 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Daniel Schmidt (6–3) LP: Jeff Jamnik (1–3) Sv: Brendan Wise (3) Home runs: MEL: None PER: Matt Kennelly (2) Attendance: 2,314 Boxscore |||||||||||||
22 January 2011 15:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Perth | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Nicholas Martin (1–1) LP: Cameron Lamb (3–1) Home runs: MEL: None PER: Evan McArthur (7) Notes: Scheduled for 7 innings. The first game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||
22 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Perth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| WP: Warwick Saupold (3–2) LP: Shane Lindsay (0–3) Home runs: MEL: None PER: Ryne Price (4) Attendance: 1,999 Notes: The second game of a doubleheader. Boxscore |||||||||||||
The season length was similar to the 2010 Claxton Shield by spreading ten rounds over twelve weeks, playing only the season's first game in the first week and taking a week off for Christmas and Boxing Day. Six teams were involved, playing a four-game series every week totaling two series against each team, one at home and one away. In total, the schedule allowed for 40 regular season games per team before a four-team finals series. During the regular season, games were played Thursday to Sunday, varying depending on the series and team, with 18 games scheduled as doubleheaders on a Saturday. Doubleheaders were scheduled to have the first of the two games shortened to seven innings, with the second game using the full nine innings.
One of the regular season games resulted in a tie, which is unusual in baseball given the provision in the rules of the game to play extra innings to determine a winner. The game between the Sydney Blue Sox and the Melbourne Aces at Blacktown Olympic Park was the second game of a makeup doubleheader as a result of rain earlier that weekend washing out two games, and so had been shortened to seven innings. A rain delay during the first game of the day forced the second game to a later start. Under a provision in the ABL rules that is modeled on the International Baseball Federation's tiebreaker rule, in any extra inning that starts within an hour of the curfew time for the game—a time set to allow the visiting team time to meet travel schedules to return home at the end of a series—each team starts with runners at first and second base with nobody out. In addition, no new inning may start within 15 minutes of the curfew time. The game was scoreless at the end of the regulation seven innings, and was tied at 1–1 at the end of the eighth inning, which ended at the curfew time. Though the game was an official game, the result did not count towards the season standings.
All but 4 of the scheduled 120 games were played. The four games that were not played were the series scheduled between the Brisbane Bandits and the Canberra Cavalry at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for the ninth round. Flooding in Brisbane had resulted in the Exhibition Ground being used as an evacuation centre for affected residents. Initially the ABL postponed the series, leaving a decision as to whether the games would be rescheduled to a later time. Just prior to the final round of scheduled games, it was announced that the games would go ahead in the form of two doubleheaders, but that only games that would affect the playoffs would be played. When Brisbane lost the final game of their series against the Adelaide Bite, both they and Canberra were eliminated from contention for the playoffs; hence, the makeup games were not played.
Key :
* Clinched major semi final berth
* Clinched minor semi final berth
2010–11 regular season standings :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 24 | 15 | .615 | – | 12–7 | 12–8 |
| Perth Heat | 24 | 16 | .600 | 1⁄2 | 10–10 | 14–6 |
| Adelaide Bite | 23 | 17 | .575 | 1 1⁄2 | 15–5 | 8–12 |
| Melbourne Aces | 18 | 21 | .462 | 6 | 11–9 | 7–12 |
| Brisbane Bandits | 14 | 22 | .389 | 8 1⁄2 | 6–10 | 8–12 |
| Canberra Cavalry | 12 | 24 | .333 | 10 1⁄2 | 11–9 | 1–15 |
The Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox were the first teams to clinch positions in the finals series when Perth defeated the Melbourne Aces in the final game of their series in round 9. The Adelaide Bite were the next team to secure a place in the top four, after winning the third of an expanded six-game series against Brisbane. It was only on the final day of the regular season that Melbourne was able to claim the fourth finals position, and that the makeup of the semi-final series was decided: Sydney hosting Perth in the major semi-final series, and Adelaide hosting Melbourne in the minor semi-final series.

### Statistical leaders

Batting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| AVG | Michael Collins | Canberra Cavalry | .360 |
| HR | James McOwen | Adelaide Bite | 11 |
| RBI | James McOwenJoshua Roberts | Adelaide Bite Brisbane Bandits | 30 |
| R | Jeremy Cresswell | Adelaide Bite | 37 |
| H | Robbie Widlansky | Perth Heat | 52 |
| SB | Trent D'Antonio | Sydney Blue Sox | 9 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| W | Chris MowdayDaniel Schmidt | Brisbane Bandits Perth Heat | 6 |
| L | Paul Mildren | Adelaide Bite | 6 |
| ERA | David Welch | Sydney Blue Sox | 1.44 |
| K | Chris Oxspring | Sydney Blue Sox | 71 |
| IP | Chris Oxspring | Sydney Blue Sox | 68 2⁄3 |
| SV | Koo Dae-Sung | Sydney Blue Sox | 12 |
* 1 2 The third game played between Sydney and Melbourne in round 4 was called a tie with a score of 1–1 under ABL rule 5-6-8. The result is not counted towards the teams' standings. A game postponed from round 4, held in round 5, was played with the Melbourne Aces as the away team and the Sydney Blue Sox as the home team, despite being played at the Melbourne Showgrounds.
* 1 2 A game postponed from round 4, held in round 7, was played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Canberra Cavalry as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.
* 1 2 Two games postponed from round 5, held in round 10, were played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Brisbane Bandits as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.
* ↑ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 23 January 2011.
* ↑ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 23 January 2011.

## Postseason
### Format

At the conclusion of the regular season, the postseason involved the teams in a three-round structure. Each round consisted of a best-of-three-game series between the respective teams. The first- and second-place teams played each other in the major semi-final, the winner of which proceeded directly to the grand final and the loser to the preliminary final. The winner of the minor semi-final between the third- and fourth-place teams also qualified for the preliminary final, while the loser was eliminated. Likewise, the winner of the preliminary final qualified for the championship series, the loser being eliminated.
As in the finals series of previous Claxton Shield tournaments, though each series was hosted by a single team, the role of home team and away team alternated from game to game. For the second game in each series, the visiting team took the role of home team, fielding first, batting second, and wore their away uniform for the game.

### Bracket

| Semi-Final Series 27–28 January 2011 | Semi-Final Series 27–28 January 2011 | Semi-Final Series 27–28 January 2011 | Premliminary Final Series 4–6 February 2011 | Premliminary Final Series 4–6 February 2011 | Premliminary Final Series 4–6 February 2011 | Championship Series 11–13 February 2011 | Championship Series 11–13 February 2011 | Championship Series 11–13 February 2011 |
| 1 | Sydney Blue Sox | 0 | | | | 2 | Perth Heat | 2 |
| 2 | Perth Heat | 2 | | | | 3 | Adelaide Bite | 1 |
| | | | 1 | Sydney Blue Sox | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Adelaide Bite | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Adelaide Bite | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne Aces | 0 | | | | | | |

#### Qualification

The Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox both clinched positions in the top four of the league at the same time: when Perth defeated the Melbourne Aces in the final game of their series at the Melbourne Showgrounds. The Adelaide Bite were the next team to secure a position in the finals, after winning the third of an expanded six-game series against the Brisbane Bandits at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide. Like Sydney, Melbourne secured fourth position through a result that did not involve them: Brisbane's loss in their final game against Adelaide eliminated them from contention for the finals, and since the Canberra Cavalry had already been eliminated by Melbourne's win in its second-last game, Melbourne qualified.

### Major semi-final series

The Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Perth Heat in the major semi-final series at Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox and Heat split their season series 4–4. This included back-to-back sweeps for each team, with Perth winning the second of the two series, played in Sydney.

#### Game 1

27 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Benn Grice (1–0) LP: Chris Oxspring (0–1) Sv: Brendan Wise (1) Home runs: PER: Matt Kennelly (1) SYD: Brendan Kingman (1) Attendance: 1,002 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

28 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Trevor Caughey (1–0) LP: Wayne Lundgren (0–1) Attendance: 1,350 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Minor semi-final series

The Adelaide Bite hosted the Melbourne Aces in the minor semi-final series at Coopers Stadium. The Bite won their season series against the Aces 7–1. Adelaide swept Melbourne 4–0 in the season opening series in Adelaide.

#### Game 1

27 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Melbourne Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | X | 14 | 19 | 0 |
| WP: Mark Brackman (1–0) LP: Tetsu Nishikawa (0–1) Home runs: MEL: Andrew Russell (1) ADE: Quincy Latimore 2 (2), Jeremy Cresswell (1), Stefan Welch (1) Attendance: 1,642 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

28 January 2011 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (F/11) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Melbourne Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Adrian Burnside (1–0) LP: Jeff Jamnik (0–1) Attendance: 3,124 Boxscore |||||||||||||||

### Preliminary final series
#### Game 1

4 February 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| WP: David Welch (1–0) LP: Mark Brackman (1–1) Home runs: ADE: None SYD: Trent D'Antonio (1) Attendance: 1,162 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

5 February 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Brandon Maurer (1–0) LP: Wayne Lundgren (0–2) Attendance: 1,515 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 3

6 February 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/15) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| Sydney Blue Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
| WP: Mark Brackman (2–1) LP: Koo Dae-Sung (0–1) Attendance: 742 Boxscore |||||||||||||||||||

### Championship series
#### Game 1

11 February 2011 16:10 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| Perth Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: Mark Brackman (3–1) LP: Daniel Schmidt (0–1) Sv: Tom Becker (1) Attendance: 2,680 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

12 February 2011 16:10 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Trevor Caughey (2–0) LP: Brandon Maurer (1–1) Home runs: PER: Ronnie Welty 2 (2) ADE: None Attendance: 3,074 Boxscore |||||||||||||

#### Game 3

13 February 2011 12:10 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park, Perth :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Benjamin Moore (1–0) LP: Paul Mildren (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch (2) PER: Robbie Widlansky (1) Attendance: 1,876 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Broadcasting

On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Fox Sports would broadcast live coverage of the championship series. Warren Smith provided the play-by-play commentary, and was joined by Jon Deeble, manager of the Australia national baseball team, for colour commentary.

## Awards

Player of the Week :
| Round | Player | Team | Ref |
| 1 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2 | Alex Johnson | Sydney Blue Sox | |
| 3 | Allan de San Miguel | Perth Heat | |
| 4 | Donald Lutz | Canberra Cavalry | |
| 5 | Yoshiyuki Kamei | Melbourne Aces | |
| 6 | Boss MoanoroaYoshiyuki Kamei | Sydney Blue Sox Melbourne Aces | |
| 7 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 8 | Tom Brice | Adelaide Bite | |
| 9 | Ronnie Welty | Perth Heat | |
| 10 | James McOwen | Adelaide Bite | |
Pitcher of the Week :
| Round | Player | Team | Ref |
| 1 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2 | Chris Oxspring | Sydney Blue Sox | |
| 3 | David Welch | Sydney Blue Sox | |
| 4 | Wayne Lundgren | Sydney Blue Sox | |
| 5 | Adam Bright | Melbourne Aces | |
| 6 | David WelchAdam Blackley | Sydney Blue Sox Melbourne Aces | |
| 7 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 8 | Matt Zachary | Perth Heat | |
| 9 | Benjamin Moore | Perth Heat | |
| 10 | Koo Dae-SungBrandon Maurer | Sydney Blue Sox Adelaide Bite | |
Season awards :
| Award | Player | Team |
| Helms Award (League MVP) | James McOwen | Adelaide Bite |
| Championship Series MVP | Benjamin Moore | Perth Heat |
| Golden Glove | Didi Gregorius | Canberra Cavalry |
| Pitcher of the Year | David Welch | Sydney Blue Sox |
| Reliever of the Year | Koo Dae-Sung | Sydney Blue Sox |
| Rookie of the Year | Trent Schmutter | Sydney Blue Sox |
| Silver Slugger | James McOwen | Adelaide Bite |