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The round three Brut Australian Baseball League Team of the Week is here!
Melboune take four slots after a series win over Geelong-Korea while Adelaide and Brisbane each have two representatives.
There is a couple of players who kept their spot after appearing in the round two team.
Check out our team and let us know the changes you'd make:
C - Mitch Edwards (Adelaide)
Edwards becomes the first catcher other than Alex Hall to feature in the Brut Team of the Week.
He went 4-for-12 with a homer and three RBI against Perth.
Three of Edwards' hits came in Adelaide's game two victory.
1B - Zach Wilson (Canberra)
Wilson makes his second-straight appearance in Team of the Week following an impressive weekend for the Cavs in Auckland.
He had an equal league-high seven hits for the round, with five of them extra- base knocks.
Wilson homered in both games of Saturday's doubleheader.
Honourable mention: Luke Hughes (Melbourne)
2B - Wade Dutton (Brisbane)
Dutton went 6-for-12 with three RBI as the Bandits picked up a series win over division rivals Sydney.
The utility opened the scoring in Sunday's finale with his first homer of the campaign.
Honourable mention: Dwayne Kemp (Sydney)
3B - DJ Burt (Melbourne)
Burt maintained his spot at third base in Team of the Week with another strong series.
The Aces' infielder went 5-for-13 with three RBI.
Burt blasted his first ABL homer, walked five times and stole a couple of bags against Geelong-Korea.
SS - Gift Ngoepe (Sydney)
Ngoepe loved every second of his first ABL trip to One Hub Stadium powered by Optus.
The former big leaguer homered four times and went 6-for-17 with five RBI.
His four homers were split evenly across the four-game series as Sydney went down to Brisbane.
Honourable mention: Mikey Reynolds
LF - Jared Cruz (Melbourne)
A monster night against Geelong-Korea on Saturday elevated Cruz into the Team of the Week.
The Aces' outfielder went 4-for-5 with two homers and six RBI in a wild win.
Across the series he was 5-for-10 with a walk and seven RBI.
Honourable mention: Chris Clare (Perth)
CF - Andrew Campbell (Brisbane)
Campbell regained his spot in the Team of the Week outfield with another solid series against Sydney.
He drove in the series-win clinching run on Sunday and all up finished 4-for-14 with three RBI and four walks.
Honourable mention: Hak-Jun Noh (Geelong-Korea)
RF - Garrison Schwartz (Melbourne)
Schwartz drove in a round-high eight runs for the Aces against Geelong-Korea.
He went 5-for-15 with two homers, in game two and three, along with a walk.
The impressive series lifted Schwartz's average to .310 on the season.
DH - Jake Bowey (Perth)
Bowey continues to make the most of his opportunities in a Heat uniform.
He went 4-for-9 with five RBI during Perth's series split against Adelaide.
Bowey blasted his third homer of the season and is equal-top of the league in RBI.
SP - Markus Solbach (Adelaide)
Solbach silenced Perth's league-leading offence to lift Adelaide to a game one victory on Thursday night.
The German tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and recording a franchise-record 14 striekouts.
This is Solbach's second selection in Team of the Week for the season.
Honourable mentions: Nick Veale (Perth), Jin-Yong Jang (Geelong-Korea), Shota Imanaga (Canberra)
RP - Hiromasa Saito (Melbourne)
Saito extended his scoreless streak to 10 innings with three shutout appearances for the Aces over the weekend.
The left-hander worked a combined 5 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and staying scoreless despite allowing a walk and hitting two batters with pitches.
Saito struck out seven hitters.
Honourable mention: Ty'Relle Harris (Sydney)
Who would make your Team of the Week?
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