PERTHHEAT.COM.AU THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE PERTH HEAT REGISTER | LOGIN TEAMS TICKETS & PROMOTIONS SCHEDULE STATS & SCORES ROSTER MULTIMEDIA NEWS MEMBERSHIP CORPORATE HOSPITALITY SHOP PARTNERS ABOUT News Frawley Tosses Complete Game Win News Home Adamson and Hughes Provide a Spark News Archives By Dan Vaughan / Perth Heat 11/22/2013 10:28 AM ET League News RSS News Feed Comments Facebook Tweet Digg Print Email Heat Headlines Heat Sweep Sydney As Schmidt Gets #20 Heat Take Two From Sydney Heat Blank Sydney In Series Opener Heat Head East To Face Sydney Mike Ekstrom POW For Round Four Jack Frawley retired 11 of his last 12 to finish off the Aces (James Woosha Worsfold SMP/ABL) Aces Avoid Sweep To The Heat PERTH 22 November - The Asia Series after effects felt it's way all the way out to WA on Heat Comeback Late Over Aces Friday night in a 7-2 Alcohol. Think Again Perth Heat win over the Melbourne Aces. With several key pieces back like Corey Adamson and Luke Hughes it was a familiar face of Frawley Tosses Complete Game Win right hander Jack Frawley (1-1) that was the story. The Braves Put Out The Welcome Mat For Matt Kennelly The Heat had turned to Mike Ekstrom in the first two rounds of action as their #1 starter Heat Spread The Baseball Joy but Ekstrom threw 31 pitches getting the win in relief for Canberra on loan for the Asia Series Wednesday night. Heat skipper Steve Fish had to juggle his rotation moving MORE » Ekstrom to Sunday and sent the Ohio native Frawley to the mound in the series opener. Frawley delivered with a complete game effort for the Heat pressed into the series opening role. "I got excited when they told me I just tried to relax and throw strikes and it MLB Headlines was good to get a win tonight and we will try to get two more this weekend," said Frawley on being pressed into action early in the series. Rebound season nets Kazmir two-year deal with A's Cyber Monday offers big league savings The Aces got the upper hand early before Frawley found his groove. Melbourne jumped on the Heat 1-0 in the second manufacturing an early 1-0 lead. Darryl George and Jarryd The Week Ahead: Who will be non-tendered? Rogers singled on back to back at bats off of Frawely to put runners at first and third. Starting rush: Clubs eye short-term pitching options Ben Leslie then would bounce into a fielder's choice to score George for Melbourne. The Moore has Royals pointed in right direction Aces did not nickel and dime their next run in the third when Ryan Casteel hit a bomb to Ends tonight: Make your mark in GIBBYs vote left field to make it 2-0 and his first dinger of the year. Who's available on the free agent market? Which big- The Heat finally touched Melbourne starter John Hussey (0-3) in the home half of the name talents might be on the move? Any role players third picking up a run on an error on a Matt Kennelly ground ball to first that Aces first your team could add to the mix? Check out our baseman Rodgers could not pick clean that scored Brandon Tripp who singled earlier sortable Hot Stove Tracker for free agents and done in the inning. The Heat actually had a chance earlier in the inning when Tripp singled deals. and but the Aces gunned down Tucker Nathans at the plate who reached on another Mariners bringing back utility man Bloomquist Aces error by second baseman Justin Trapp. MORE » Frawley and Hussey each traded 1-2-3 innings in the 4th and the Heat got a "strike em out throw em out" double play to end the top of the 5th to take the two clubs to the bottom of the 5th . The Heat then broke through and took the lead when 17-year old Sam Kennelly tied the game knocking in brother Matt Kennelly with an RBI single. "It is good to get back out there again with the guys after being in Port Hedland last week and it is good to be come back to the home crowd and come out with a big hit," said Sam Kennelly. The inning began with Matt Kennelly being hit by a Hussey pitch and moved to second on a wild pitch. Joey Wong then laced a pitch to right to put runners at the corners then Sam Kennelly brought the first run home. The beat continued with Jesse Barron driving in the go ahead run to make it 3-2 Heat with runners at the first and second. That chased Hussey as Aces skipper Phil Dale summoned Brett Zawacki for Melbourne. Alex Stuart laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners up a step. Corey Adamson in his first game for the Heat this season knocked in Kennelly to add another Heat run at 4-2. The Heat closed out the scoring when a Luke Hughes ground ball was dropped by third baseman Jared Schlehuber for a the third Aces error to tack on another run for the Heat at 5-2. Melbourne made five errors in the ball game. converted by Web2PDFConvert.com Frawley followed with a shutdown inning retiring the Aces 1-2-3 one of four times in the game in the top of the 7th and would finish setting down the last 11 of 12 he faced including 11 in a row. "It felt pretty good I got in a little groove after the first couple of innings and Matt Kennelly just carried me the rest of the way," said Frawley. The Heat added some insurance with Barron leading off with a single off of Aces reliever Toshihiro Iwao who began the inning for the Melbourne. Adamson doubled picking up his second hit of the night to put runners at second and third with one out. Nathans hit a chopper to Brad Harman at short that sent Barron racing home and beating out the throw to add another run. Luke Hughes followed with a sac fly to finish out the scoring for the Heat at 7-2. The Heat got a huge boost with the return of the key pieces in Adamson and Hughes while Frawley was doing his part to contribute. "We got a couple of guys back this week. It was obviously great to get Hughsey back and Corey Adamson and there was definitely a little buzz in the locker room today," said Frawley. Sam Kennelly added "They are a big difference they are probably two of our biggest leaders on the team and to have them back in the lineup and back in the dugout it definitely lifts the team up a little bit more." Frawley tossed his second complete game but his first 9.0 IP variety after locking in for the Heat after the 3rd. Frawley threw 101 pitches in the win to even up his record at (1-1) with a final line of 9.0IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB and 5SO in the complete game gem. Hussey was tagged with the loss for Melbourne dropping his record to (0-3) The two teams will play game two of the three game series Saturday at Barbagallo Ballpark at 7:20 P.M. RHP Anthony Claggett goes for the Heat against RHP Joe Burns for the Aces. The series concludes Sunday at 4:05 P.M with RHP Mike Ekstrom for Perth and LHP Lewis Thorpe for Melbourne. Make sure the Aces can see your "game face" this weekend by purchasing tickets online for 38% off the gate price! And put your "selfie" skills to good use! Strike fear into the Aces by posting your most ferocious face and facebooking #InYourFacesAces. For individual tickets, season memberships or further information call (08) 6336 7950 or visit the Heat's official website at www.perthheat.com.au. All games are at Barbagallo Ballpark located at the corner of Nicholson and Wilfred Roads in Thornlie. Go Heat!. Dan Vaughan is the "Voice of the Alcohol. Think Again Perth Heat" and co-host of Talking Baseball Australia and co-founder of TBA. Based in D/FW Texas. 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