2010 Claxton Shield regular season

	Clinched championship series berth
	Clinched semi final series berth

The 2010 Claxton Shield regular season was held from 6 November 2009 through to 23 January 2010. All five teams competed in a double round-robin format; playing each other team in two series of three games each, totaling 24 games played each. The top three teams progressed to the finals series. The top team automatically qualified for the championship series, to face the winner of the semi final series between the second and third placed teams.[1]

The Claxton Shield logo for 2010.

Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Victoria Aces	17	7	.708	–	8–4^‡	9–3^†
South Australia	14	10	.583	3	8–4	6–6^‡
New South Wales Patriots	14	10	.583	3	8–4	6–6
Perth Heat	12	12	.500	5	7–5	5–7
Queensland Rams	3	21	.125	14	2–10^†	1–11

†—A game postponed from Round 7, held in Round 8, was played with Victoria Aces as the away team and Queensland Rams as the home team, despite being played at Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong, Victoria.

‡—A game postponed from Round 3, held in Round 9, was played with South Australia as the away team and Victoria Aces as the home team, despite being played at Norwood Oval, Adelaide, South Australia.

Round 1

The New South Wales Patriots and the Victoria Aces hosted the opening round of the 2010 Claxton Shield, against the Queensland Rams and the Perth Heat respectively. New South Wales overcame a loss in their first game to take both games in the doubleheader, while Victoria had a first up win, then split their double header with Perth.

Round 1 Results

6 November 2009	Queensland Rams	4 – 3	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	WP: Justin Erasmus (1–0) Sv: Matthew Timms (1)	Boxscore	LP: Vaughn Harris (0–1)

6 November 2009	Perth Heat	8 – 9	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Mark Kelly (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Casey Jones (1–0)
	HR: Timothy Kennelly (1)		HR: Hayden Dingle (1)

7 November 2009	Queensland Rams	1 – 10	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: James Albury (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Timothy Cox (1–0)

7 November 2009	Perth Heat	3 – 8	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Travis Murphy (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Matthew Blackmore (1–0)
	HR: Mitchell Graham (1)

7 November 2009	Queensland Rams	3 – 4^*	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: Matthew Timms (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Aaron Sookee (1–0)

7 November 2009	Perth Heat	11 – 1^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	WP: Dylan Peacock (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Greg Wiltshire (0–1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 2

The Perth Heat hosted their first series of the competition, winning their series against the New South Wales Patriots two games to one. South Australia had their first games of the season, hosting and sweeping the Queensland Rams three–nil. The second game of both series featured the first extra innings games of the season, with the respective home teams winning both matches.

As a result of their sweep, South Australia (3–0) took the outright lead of the competition, leaving Victoria (2–1) in second, New South Wales and Perth (3–3) tied, and Queensland (1–5) in last position.

Round 2 Results

12 November 2009	New South Wales Patriots	5 – 3	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	WP: Matthew Rae (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Benn Grice (0–1)
	HR: Mitch Dening (1)

13 November 2009	Queensland Rams	0 – 7	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Simon Morriss (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Darren Fidge (1–0)

13 November 2009	New South Wales Patriots	2 – 3 (F/11)	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Jarrett Commane (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Travis Murphy (1–1)

14 November 2009	Queensland Rams	5 – 6 (F/8)^*	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Aaron Thompson (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Wayne Ough (1–0)

14 November 2009	New South Wales Patriots	5 – 6	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Timothy Atherton (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Benn Grice (1–1)

14 November 2009	Queensland Rams	0 – 9	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Chris Lamb (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Richard Bartlett (1–0)
			HR: Angus Roeger (1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 3

The Queensland Rams hosted the Perth Heat, while South Australia travelled to Geelong to face the Victoria Aces. After winning the opening game, Queensland (2–7) dropped both games of the doubleheader to fall further behind the rest of the field. With Perth's (5–4) series win, they moved ahead of New South Wales (3–3) into outright third.

South Australia (4–1) and Victoria (3–2) split their series. The final game of their doubleheader suspended in the bottom of the second due to rain with South Australia leading 2–0. At the time the game administrators considered continuing the game from the point of suspension when the teams next met in Round 9, though the game was actually restarted and eventually won by South Australia.[2]

Round 3 Results

20 November 2009	Perth Heat	1 – 8	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	LP: Mark Kelly (0–2)	Boxscore	WP: Simon Morriss (1–1)
			HR: Andrew Utting 2 (2), Brad Dutton (1)

20 November 2009	South Australia	6 – 4	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	WP: Paul Mildren (1–0) Sv: Wayne Ough (1)	Boxscore	LP: Donavon Hendricks (0–1)

21 November 2009	Perth Heat	7 – 4^*	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Terrence Wohlever (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Justin Erasmus (1–1)
	HR: Timothy Kennelly (2), Chris House (1)

21 November 2009	South Australia	2 – 3	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Darren Fidge (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Casey Jones (2–0) Sv: Lee Hogan (1)

21 November 2009	Perth Heat	4 – 3	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Dylan Peacock (2–0) Sv: Warwick Saupold (1)	Boxscore	LP: PJ Bevis (0–1)
	HR: Mitchell Graham (2), Timothy Kennelly (3)		HR: Andrew Utting (3)

21 November 2009 Game suspended – weather Replayed in Round 9	South Australia	2 – 0 (Bot 2nd)^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
		Boxscore

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 4

South Australia, closely followed by New South Wales, had the first games called prior to their scheduled end due to a mercy rule. South Australia's 10–run win helped to set up their series win against Queensland in Brisbane, while the Patriot's 13–run win over Victoria snapped a 3–game losing streak and was the significant part of the 20 runs they scored in the two games for the day.

South Australia (6–2) extended their tournament lead to a game and a half over New South Wales and Perth (5–4), once again tied. Victoria (4–4) fell to fourth, while Queensland (3–9) remained in last.

Round 4 Results

27 November 2009	Victoria Aces	6 – 3	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	WP: Casey Jones (3–0) Sv: Matthew Blackmore (1)	Boxscore	LP: Todd Grattan (0–1)

27 November 2009	South Australia	15 – 5 (F/7)	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Paul Mildren (2–0) Sv: Hayden Beard (1)	Boxscore	LP: Simon Morriss (1–2)
	HR: Dan Wilson (1), Stefan Welch (1), Ben Wigmore (1), Michael Collins (1)		HR: Joel Naughton (1)

28 November 2009	Victoria Aces	5 – 18 (F/7)	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: Donavon Hendricks (0–2)	Boxscore	WP: Timothy Cox (2–0)
	HR: Grant Karlsen (1)		HR: Andrew Graham (1), Mitch Dening (2)

28 November 2009	South Australia	3 – 2^*	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Dushan Ruzic (1–0) Sv: Wayne Ough (2)	Boxscore	LP: PJ Bevis (0–2)
	HR: Michael Collins (2)		HR: Alan Schoenberger (1)

28 November 2009	Victoria Aces	1 – 2^*	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: Dean Barker (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Wayne Lundgren (1–0) Sv: Matthew Rae (1)

28 November 2009	South Australia	7 – 9 (F/8)	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	LP: Chris Lawson (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: PJ Bevis (1–2) Sv: Matthew Timms (2)
	HR: Angus Roeger (2)		HR: Alan Schoenberger (2), Joel Naughton (2)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 5

As a result of poor attendance at Geelong Baseball Park, game one of the fifth round series between New South Wales and the Victoria was moved to La Trobe University, Melbourne.[3] Having previously attracted crowds of no more than 500,[4] the moved game had an attendance of 2,200, which the home team won 3–2.[5] The series concluded in a doubleheader at Geelong, split between the two teams, giving the Aces the series win. Despite winning the series at Norwood Oval, South Australia suffered their first defeat at home, losing to Perth in the second game of the series.

At the end of the round, South Australia (8–3) held a two-game lead over Victoria (6–5). New South Wales and Perth (6–6) remained tied, having dropped to third place, while Queensland (3–9) remained in last position.

Round 5 Results

4 December 2009	Perth Heat	1 – 2	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Warwick Saupold (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Hayden Beard (1–0)

4 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	2 – 3	Victoria Aces	La Trobe University, Melbourne
	LP: Aaron Sookee (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Matthew Blackmore (2–0)

5 December 2009	Perth Heat	4 – 2^*	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	WP: Mark Kelly (1–2) Sv: Dean White (1)	Boxscore	LP: Darren Fidge (1–2)
	HR: Matthew Kennelly (1)		HR: Ryan Murphy (1)

5 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	13 – 10	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	WP: Todd Van Steensel (1–0) Sv: Matthew Rae (2)	Boxscore	LP: Matthew Blackmore (2–1)
	HR: Andrew Graham (2), Michael Lysaught (1)		HR: Grant Karlsen (2), Matthew Lawman (1)

5 December 2009	Perth Heat	3 – 8	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Daniel Schmidt (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Dushan Ruzic (2–0)
			HR: Matthew Smith (1)

5 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	3 – 9^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Wayne Lundgren (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Donavon Hendricks (1–2)
	HR: David Kandilas (1)		HR: Scott Wearne (1), Paul Weichard (1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 6

For the second time in the season, the Queensland were swept in a series this time by the Heat at Baseball Park. The Patriots hosted South Australia, and after dropping the first game won both games in the doubleheader to win the series, and inflict their first series loss of the season.

Despite their series loss, South Australia (9–5) remained in first place. Perth (9–6) moved to second place on the back of their sweep, only one half game behind. Victoria (6–5) dropped to third without playing a game. New South Wales (8–7) fell to fourth, while Queensland (3–12) remained in last place.

Round 6 Results

10 December 2009	Queensland Rams	2 – 5	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Justin Erasmus (1–2)	Boxscore	WP: Dylan Peacock (3–0) Sv: Warwick Saupold (2)
			HR: Luke Hughes (1)

11 December 2009	South Australia	7 – 2	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	WP: Paul Mildren (3–0)	Boxscore	LP: Timothy Cox (2–1)

11 December 2009	Queensland Rams	0 – 1	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: PJ Bevis (1–3)	Boxscore	WP: Nathan Dreissen (1–0) Sv: Benn Grice (1)

12 December 2009	South Australia	1 – 2 (F/9)^*	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: Hayden Beard (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Matthew Rae (2–0)

12 December 2009	Queensland Rams	3 – 10	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Chris Lamb (0–2)	Boxscore	WP: Mark Kelly (2–2)
	HR: Alan Schoenberger (3)

12 December 2009	South Australia	5 – 6	New South Wales Patriots	Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney
	LP: Richard Bartlett (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Aaron Sookee (2–1) Sv: Timothy Atherton (1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 7

Round 7 Results

18 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	2 – 8	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Todd Grattan (0–2)	Boxscore	WP: Richard Bartlett (2–1)

18 December 2009	Victoria Aces	3 – 2 (F/12)	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Matthew Blackmore (3–1)	Boxscore	LP: Matthew Timms (0–2)
			HR: Andrew Utting (4)

19 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	2 – 1^*	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	WP: Wayne Lundgren (2–1) Sv: Matthew Rae (3)	Boxscore	LP: Darren Fidge (1–3)
	HR: Andrew Graham (3)		HR: Ryan Murphy (2)

19 December 2009	Victoria Aces	5 – 2 (F/6)^*	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Dean Barker (1–1)	Boxscore	LP: James Albury (0–2)
	HR: Scott Wearne (2), Andrew Russell (1)		HR: Andrew Utting (5)

19 December 2009	New South Wales Patriots	1 – 4	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Jarrett Commane (0–2)	Boxscore	WP: Paul Mildren (4–0) Sv: Hayden Beard (2)

19 December 2009 Game postponed – weather Played in Round 8	Victoria Aces	–	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 8

Round 8 Results

8 January 2010 Postponed from 19 December 2009 (Round 7)	Victoria Aces	8 – 1^*	Queensland Rams	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	WP: Adam Blackley (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Simon Morriss (1–3)
	HR: Paul Weichard (2), Brett Tamburrino (1)

7 January 2010	South Australia	3 – 8	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Paul Mildren (4–1)	Boxscore	WP: Dylan Peacock (4–0)

8 January 2010	Queensland Rams	1 – 3^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: James Albury (0–3)	Boxscore	WP: Matthew Blackmore (4–1) Sv: Russell Spear (1)

8 January 2010	South Australia	6 – 4	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	WP: Richard Bartlett (3–1)	Boxscore	LP: Warwick Saupold (0–2)

9 January 2010	Queensland Rams	3 – 9^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Drew Naylor (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Dean Barker (2–1)
	HR: Daniel Lamb-Hunt (1)

9 January 2010	South Australia	3 – 11	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	LP: Ricky Meinhold (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Todd Murphy (1–0)

9 January 2010	Queensland Rams	0 – 2^*	Victoria Aces	Geelong Baseball Park, Geelong
	LP: Justin Erasmus (1–3)	Boxscore	WP: Donavon Hendricks (2–2) Sv: Ross Hipke (1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 9

Round 9 Results

14 January 2010 Postponed from 21 November 2009 (Round 3)	South Australia	13 – 6	Victoria Aces	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	WP: Richard Bartlett (4–1)	Boxscore	LP: Lee Hogan (0–1)
	HR: Michael Collins 3 (5)

15 January 2010	Victoria Aces	2 – 5	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	LP: Adam Bright (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Paul Mildren (5–1)
			HR: Michael Collins (6)

15 January 2010	Perth Heat	2 – 8	New South Wales Patriots	Gilchrist Oval, Campbelltown
	LP: Dylan Peacock (4–1)	Boxscore	WP: Tim Cox (3–1) Sv: Lee Ingram (1)
	HR: Mitchell Graham (3), Luke Hughes (2)		HR: Michael Lysaught 2 (3)

16 January 2010	Victoria Aces	13 – 5^*	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	WP: Russell Spear (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Dushan Ruzic (2–1)
	HR: Justin Huber (1), Brett Tamburrino (2), Grant Karlsen (3)		HR: Ryan Murphy (3)

16 January 2010	Perth Heat	12 – 8^*	New South Wales Patriots	Gilchrist Oval, Campbelltown
	WP: Dean White (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Matthew Williams (0–1)
	HR: Luke Hughes (3), Matthew Kennelly (2), Chris House (2)		HR: Michael Lysaught (4)

16 January 2010	Victoria Aces	8 – 3	South Australia	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	WP: Matthew Blackmore (5–1)	Boxscore	LP: Darren Fidge (1–4)
	HR: Andrew Russell (2), Josh Davies (1)

16 January 2010	Perth Heat	7 – 11	New South Wales Patriots	Gilchrist Oval, Campbelltown
	LP: Scott Mitchinson (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Jarrett Commane (1–2) Sv: Lee Ingram (2)
	HR: Timothy Kennelly (4)		HR: Timothy Atherton (1)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

Round 10

Going into the final round, the Perth Heat and the Victoria Aces were the two teams that could have taken first place and assured themselves of a home final. In the first game of their series though, the Aces clinched the top spot, and in doing so made the Patriot's chance of overtaking the Heat and making the finals easier.[6] The following two games saw New South Wales beat Queensland to move them into third position,[7] and Perth drop another game to Victoria to allow South Australia to secure second, and a home semi final series.[8]

The Patriots secured the last remaining finals berth in the first game of their doubleheader, beating the Rams 16–0 and eliminating the Heat from finals contention.[9]

Round 10 Results

21 January 2010	Victoria Aces	6 – 3	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	WP: Donovan Hendricks (3–2)	Boxscore	LP: Scott Mitchinson (0–2)
	HR: Scott Wearne (3)

22 January 2010	New South Wales Patriots	7 – 5	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Vaughn Harris (1–1) Sv: Lee Ingram (3)	Boxscore	LP: Simon Morriss (1–4)
			HR: Joel Naughton (3)

22 January 2010	Victoria Aces	5 – 4	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	WP: Matthew Blackmore (6–1) Sv: Adam Bright (1)	Boxscore	LP: Benn Grice (1–2)
			HR: Brandon Dale (1), Mitchell Graham (4)

23 January 2010	New South Wales Patriots	16 – 0 (F/7)	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Wayne Lundgren (3–1)	Boxscore	LP: Chris Lamb (0–3)
	HR: Trent D'Antonio (1), Patrick Maat (1), Tim Auty (1)

23 January 2010	Victoria Aces	6 – 0	Perth Heat	Baseball Park, Perth
	WP: Adam Blackley (2–0)	Boxscore	LP: Mark Kelly (2–3)
	HR: Elliot Biddle (1)

23 January 2010	New South Wales Patriots	5 – 1^*	Queensland Rams	Holloway Field, Brisbane
	WP: Jarrett Commane (2–2)	Boxscore	LP: James Albury (0–4)
	HR: Patrick Maat (2)

*—Scheduled as a 7–inning game

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"Results and Standings". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
"Claxton Shield baseball game at La Trobe University". La Trobe University. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
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[schedule-1] "2010 Claxton Shield Game Schedule". Australian Baseball Federation. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.

[results_and_standings-2] "Results and Standings". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

[latrobe-3] "Claxton Shield baseball game at La Trobe University". La Trobe University. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

[geelong_crowds-4] Green, Bradley (24 November 2009). "Claxton Shield baseball moved from Geelong due to poor crowds". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

[boxscore26-5] "New South Wales vs Victoria (Dec 04, 2009)". Australian Baseball Federation. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

[6] Laidler, Gemma (22 January 2010). "Victoria record 17 hits against WA". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

[7] Laidler, Gemma (22 January 2010). "NSW still in with a chance for finals berth". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

[8] Laidler, Gemma (22 January 2010). "Victoria win second game in a row against WA". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

[9] Bray, Eddie (23 January 2010). "NSW Patriots clinch playoff berth!". Baseball NSW. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.