Melbourne Aces have brought in major league veteran Peter Moylan for their final home stand of the Australian Baseball League season.
The right-handed pitcher has played eight seasons in the MLB with Atlanta Braves (two stints) and Los Angeles Dodgers since debuting in 2006.
The 37-year-old has a 22-9 record in the bigs with a 2.83 earned run average in 331 relief appearances.
He had his breakout tournament representing Australia at the 2006 World Baseball Classic while a minor leaguer in the Minnesota Twins system.
Moylan is one of four players with major league experience recently added to the Aces’ roster with infielder Brad Harmon and pitchers Shane Lindsay and Virgil Vasquez.
The four-game home series against Brisbane Bandits at the Melbourne Ballpark will start tomorrow night with game one at 7.05.
The Aces enter with solid form under their belt, having taken three of the four games over Adelaide Bite in Adelaide last weekend, culminating in Sunday’s 8-4 win on the back of three hits to Trey Vavra and two to Werribee’s Darryl George.
Meanwhile, the Werribee Giants scored a 20-0 shellacking of Port Melbourne at Presidents Park. The Giants move two-and-a-half games clear in second spot, keeping the heat on ladder leader Moorabbin.
