2012–13 Sydney Blue Sox season

2012–13 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	26–19 (.578)
Place	2nd
Owner	ABL
General manager	David Balfour
Manager	Glenn Williams
Radio	Triple H FM

The 2012–13 Sydney Blue Sox season was the third season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and again played its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canberra Cavalry	46	27	19	.587	—	Advance to Championship Series
2	Sydney Blue Sox	45	26	19	.578	0.5	Advance to Preliminary final
3	Perth Heat	46	25	21	.543	2
4	Brisbane Bandits	45	23	22	.511	3.5
5	Adelaide Bite	46	21	25	.457	6
6	Melbourne Aces	46	15	31	.326	12

Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	4-4	4-0	30 December 2012	Blue Sox Stadium	4-9	5 January 2013	Diamond Sports Stadium	L2
Brisbane Bandits	6-4	13-0	25 January 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	2–5	11 November 2012	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Canberra Cavalry	5-6	12-8	17 January 2013	Narrabundah Ballpark	2–6	8 December 2012	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Melbourne Aces	7-1	13-3	10 January 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	0-1	21 December 2012	Melbourne Ballpark	W6
Perth Heat	4–4	5–2	13 December 2012	Baseball Park	2-10	14 December 2012	Baseball Park	L1
Total	26–19	Brisbane Bandits			Brisbane Bandits			L1
		13–0	25 January 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	2–10	14 December 2012	Baseball Park

Game log

W	Blue Sox win
L	Blue Sox loss
T	Blue Sox tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Blue Sox team member

2012–13 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 1 2 November @ Cavalry 3–2 T. Van Steensel E. Massingham M. Williams 1-0 [1] 2 3 November (DH 1) @ Cavalry 2–1 V. Harris K. Perkins M. William 2-0 [2] 3 3 November (DH 2) @ Cavalry 1–2 D. Loggins C. Anderson S. Toler 2-1 [3] 4 9 November Bandits 8–0 C. Oxspring J. Staatz - 3-1 [4] 5 10 November Bandits 1-3 J. Erasmus T. Van Steensel - 3-2 [5] 6 11 November Bandits 2–5 C. Smith V. Harris J. Veitch 3-3 [6] 7 22 November Heat 1–0 M. Williams B. Wise - 4-3 [7] 8 23 November Heat 4–2 T. Atherton A. Claggett M. Williams 5-3 [8] 9 24 November Heat 4–6 S. Mitchinson V. Harris C. Lamb 5-4 [9] 10 25 November Heat 3–4 D. Schmidt T. Cox B. Wise 5-5 [10] 11 30 November @ Bandits 8–3 C. Oxspring C. Lofgren - 6-5 [11]
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 12 1 December (DH 1) @ Bandits 2–3 J. Erasmus W. Lundgren R. Searle 6-6 [12] 13 1 December (DH 2) @ Bandits 3–2 C. Anderson J. Erasmus M. Williams 7-6 [13] 14 2 December @ Bandits 9–2 T. Cox J. Staatz - 8-6 [14] 15 6 December Cavalry 1–2 E. Massingham T. Van Steensel S. Toler 8-7 [15] 16 7 December Cavalry 4–3 C. Anderson R. Dickmann M. Williams 9-7 [16] 17 8 December Cavalry 2–6 C. Motta T. Cox - 9-8 [17] 18 9 December Cavalry 6–7 D. Loggins T. Van Steensel S. Toler 9-9 [18] 19 13 December @ Heat 5-2 C. Anderson V. Vasquez M. Williams 10-9 [19] 20 14 December (DH 1) @ Heat 2-10 D. Schmidt T. Atherton - 10-10 [20] 21 14 December (DH 2) @ Heat 6-4 C. Oxspring A. Claggett M. Williams 11-10 [21] 22 15 December @ Heat 9-10 G. Van Sickler T. Herr C. Lamb 11-11 [22] 23 20 December @ Aces 5-1 C. Anderson K. Reese - 12-11 [23] 24 21 December @ Aces 0-1 H. Koishi C. Oxspring C. Forbes 12-12 [24] 25 22 December @ Aces 4-3 T. Herr A. Blackley M. Williams 13-12 [25] 26 23 December @ Aces 10-8 T. Herr C. Forbes M. Williams 14-12 [26] 27 27 December Bite 7-9 A. Kittredge B. Thomas R. Olson 14-13 [27] 28 28 December Bite 3-2 C. Anderson J. Daniels M. Williams 15-13 [28] 29 29 December Bite 2-1 W. Lundgren P. Mildren M. Williams 16-13 [29] 30 30 December Bite 4-0 T. Herr A. Kittredge - 17-13 [30]
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 31 3 January @ Bite 3-7 Z. Fuesser C. Anderson - 17-14 [31] 32 4 January @ Bite 4-3 T. Van Steensel R. Brown M. Williams 18-14 [32] 33 5 January @ Bite 4-9 P. Mildren B. Thomas - 18-15 [33] 34 6 January @ Bite 6-7 R. Olson D. Koo - 18-16 [34] 35 10 January Aces 13-3 C. Oxspring M. Hodge - 19-16 [35] 36 11 January Aces 2-0 C. Anderson J. Hussey M. Williams 20-16 [36] 37 12 January Aces 5-4 B. Thomas A. Bright M. Williams 21-16 [37] 38 13 January Aces 4-1 T. Atherton A. Blackley M. Williams 22-16 [38] 39 17 January @ Cavalry 12-8 C. Anderson B. Grening - 23-16 [39] 40 18 January @ Cavalry 7-8 S. Toler D. Koo - 23-17 [40] 41 19 January @ Cavalry 10-2 B. Thomas C. Motta - 24-17 [41] 42 20 January @ Cavalry 3-4 D. Loggins T. Herr - 24-18 [42] 43 24 January Bandits 6-2 C. Anderson C. Lofgren - 25-18 [43] 44 25 January Bandits 13-0 B. Thomas R. Searle - 26-18 [44] 45 26 January Bandits 2-4 J. Schult C. Oxspring J. Erasmus 26-19 [45] 46 27 January Bandits PPD - RAIN - - - - [46]

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2012–13 ABL
Active Roster				Reserve Players		Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 37 Tim Atherton 26 Caleb Cuevas 39 Josh Guyer 32 Vaughan Harris 49 Tyler Herr 17 Wayne Lundgren 35 Chris Oxspring 21 Todd Van Steensel 26 Luke Wilkins 19 Matt Williams Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson  8 Timothy Cox 30 Dae-Sung Koo 36 Brad Thomas		Catchers 23 Geoff Klein Infielders  4 Shane Benson 11 Trent D’Antonio  5 Daniel Glynn 27 Boss Moanaroa 29 Zach Penprase 28 James Robbins 42 Zac Shepherd 43 Jacob Younis Outfielders 47 Alessio Angelucci  9 Mitchell Dening 25 David Kandilas  3 Trent Schmutter 20 Chris Snelling 14 J.D. Williams		Infielders — Michael Lysaught Outfielders 46 Ricky Schwarz		Manager Kevin Boles Coaches Chris Oxspring (pitching coach) Glenn Williams Shaun Smith Graheme Cassel Darian Lindsay  : 7-day disabled list  : reassigned
5 September 2017