Normally Frank Gailey's sole focus is the hitter. Nothing else matters to the Canberra Cavalry star pitcher except how the baseball comes out.

But since coming to Canberra, that's changed. Now some of his attention is on his wife Christina - "it doesn't hurt to have an additional motivation."

Gailey's had a stunning introduction to the Australian Baseball League and will have the job of starting the third-and-final game of the championship series if it gets that far.

He's a major reason the Cavalry will face the Brisbane Bandits in the ABL decider, starting with a sold-out game one at Narrabundah Ballpark on Friday night before they fly to Brisbane for games two and maybe three.

The 32-year-old was Canberra's pitcher of the year this season thanks to his earned-run average of just 1.80 - meaning he gives up less than two runs for every nine innings he pitches.

He kept the Perth Heat scoreless in a monster effort in the deciding third game of the semi-final series on Sunday.

In the past his success has been down to getting "locked in", but since Christina broke her leg in a horrific car accident on the Kings Highway a week before Christmas things have changed.

Some of his focus will be drifting back to Canberra and his wife.

"I guess you can say that my focus was now 99 per cent the batter, I have a peak over at Christina," Gailey said.

"She admits herself when I get locked in I forget about everything else that's happening, but it's hard doing that knowing what your wife's been through.

"It doesn't hurt to have an additional motivation, a little bit of drive and pitching for someone."

Baseball's nomadic and come Monday the Cavalry's USA contingent will start heading home as soon as the dust settles on the ABL championship.

But for the Gaileys that won't be the case.

The pair will remain in Canberra staying with their host family of Alanna Davis and her son Thomas Campagna.

Christina's leg was so badly broken she's still unable to travel.

They'd planned to have a baseball holiday, with a possible stint playing in Italy, Germany or the Czech Republic on the cards after Gailey had finished his astonishing season on the mound Down Under.

But Gailey said that was all up in the air now as his and Christina's focus remained on getting healthy.

"We'll be hanging around a little bit longer, basically just making sure Christina gets the care that she needs and once we get the care to a certain point - she's able to walk and do everything she was before the accident - we'll talk about going home," he said.

"But right now it's first things first, taking care of her.

"We don't really have an idea [of how long that will be], we're just going to take it day to day."

While he'd love nothing better than the chance to win the Claxton Shield for the Cavalry, in a way Gailey hoped he won't need to pitch because that could mean the Cavalry have swept the championship series.

He's confident the Cavalry have what it takes to win their second Claxton Shield.

"I think we have one of the better or the best starting staff in the league and our hitters quite easily can put up 10 runs if we do what we know we can do," Gailey said.

"I know there's a couple of guys that can hit the ball pretty good on their team, but I trust in our ability as the Canberra Cavalry to do our thing offensively, pitching, defensively and if we do all the things that we can do I really think we're going to edge out and win it all."

ABL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Friday: Canberra Cavalry v Brisbane Bandits at Narrabundah Ballpark, 7pm. Tickets available from theabl.com.au.

Saturday: Canberra Cavalry v Brisbane Bandits at Brisbane, 7pm. Live on ABLTV.

Sunday: Canberra Cavalry v Brisbane Bandits at Brisbane, 5pm. Live on ABLTV.