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Tampa Bay Rays prospects 3B Kevin Padlo, C David Rodriguez and OF Tommy Milone had themselves a night with the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League. Going for the series sweep against the Perth Heat in a tight race for the playoffs, the young guys came through in clutch moments, as they have been for the entirety of the ABL season. The Brisbane Bandits twitter account was all over the action. Take a look:
The Bandits' lineup for Game 4 is set! Don't miss any of the fun as the Bandits go for the series sweep at 2:00 pm! pic.twitter.com/ZE8Wn4Liwt
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B2: Logan Wade draws a leadoff walk and Kevin Padlo follows with a single to left field! Tommy Milone has two on, no outs! #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
T3: WHAT CAN'T HE DO?! K-Pad makes an incredible turn at third for the out at first! #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B4: Tommy Milone drives a one out double off the centre right field wall! Goofy due up with one on, one out! #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B5: Davo draws a walk and just like that we have the bases loaded! Logan Wade is due up.. we've seen this before! Come on Wadey!
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B7: Davo drives a single to left field! He advances Mitch to second and brings Wadey to the plate with two on, one out! #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B7: Padlo's infield single advances the runners and scores Mitch! Tommy has runners on first and third, two out! #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B7: Tommy is walked and we have the BASES LOADED!!! Goofy is due up as the Heat make a pitching change. Perth leads 7-3. #SocksUpSunday
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
As if that wasn’t enough, this is where it really starts getting good...
B8: WE ARE TIED AT HOLLOWAY FIELD!!! David Rodriguez drops a BOMB over the centre field wall and ties the game at 8!!!
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
B8: Davo the hero ties this game at 8 apiece!! #SocksUpSunday pic.twitter.com/fGCxa3cbyc
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
T9: Padlo puts his athleticism on display and makes an incredible throw to first to close the 9th! Onto the bot-9 we go! Padlo leads it off.
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
FINAL: BANDITS WIN, BANDITS WIN!!! Kevin Padlo plays hero with a walk off home run in the bot-9th! Bandits take the clean sweep and Game 4!
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
Kevin Padlo plays hero with the walk off!! Bandits win 9-8! pic.twitter.com/tqwvRSoIVz
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
Kevin Padlo delivers a walk off home run to secure Game 4, 9-8, and the series sweep over the @PerthHeat!
— Brisbane Bandits (@BrisbaneBandits) January 22, 2017
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David Rodriguez ended his night 2-4, with a HR, BB, and 2 Ks. He now has a slash line of .433/.485/.700/1.185 in 66 PA, which would make him the best hitter in the league if he had sufficient PAs to qualify.
Kevin Padlo went 3-5, HR, 2Ks and now sits at .282/.372/.505/.877 over 117 PA in the ABL. He is currently 10th in OPS in the league out of 42 qualified hitters.
Tommy Milone went 1-3, 2B, BB, K to bring his slash to .232/.327/.394/.721.
With 5 games left in the regular season, the Brisbane Bandits are half a game behind in the race for the last playoff seed.