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Gemma Laidler
January 15, 2009 12:53pm
THE Claxton Shield baseball grand final looms and reigning champion Perth Heat will defend its title with in a home series at Baseball Park in Thornlie.
Perth's challenger has yet to be decided but will head into the furnace from February 6-8.
The champions started their season strong, with four wins from five matches in the showcase round last December.
The Heat lost its first game to Queensland Rams 2-8 before stringing together a series of wins against South Australia Bite, Victoria Aces and New South Wales Patriots.
The side then travelled to Canberra and Wollongong in round two to take on the Patriots in a rain interrupted series.
NSW took the first game 3-5 but Perth rebounded to take the second 7-2, but was unable to follow up and let the series slip away with an 8-11 loss in game three.
Some big hitting in the series-losing game - including homeruns from Lachlan Dale, Dean White, Matt Kennelly and Nick Kimpton - was not enough to get Perth over the line.
But a home series against the Queensland Rams in round three promised to have the Heat bounce back and the team did not disappoint.
Perth swept the series, 6-3, 4-2 and 6-3 in the third match.
The Heat's Tim Kennelly sealed game one when he lifted the ball over the fence to bring home three runners.
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