2012–13 Sydney Blue Sox season

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Australian Baseball League team 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
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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.

Offseason

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Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to Preliminary final
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
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
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
Total	26–19	13–0	25 January 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	2–10	14 December 2012	Baseball Park	L1

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
1	2 November	@ Cavalry	3–2	T. Van Steensel	E. Massingham	M. Williams	1-0
2	3 November (DH 1)	@ Cavalry	2–1	V. Harris	K. Perkins	M. William	2-0
3	3 November (DH 2)	@ Cavalry	1–2	D. Loggins	C. Anderson	S. Toler	2-1
4	9 November	Bandits	8–0	C. Oxspring	J. Staatz	-	3-1
5	10 November	Bandits	1-3	J. Erasmus	T. Van Steensel	-	3-2
6	11 November	Bandits	2–5	C. Smith	V. Harris	J. Veitch	3-3
7	22 November	Heat	1–0	M. Williams	B. Wise	-	4-3
8	23 November	Heat	4–2	T. Atherton	A. Claggett	M. Williams	5-3
9	24 November	Heat	4–6	S. Mitchinson	V. Harris	C. Lamb	5-4
10	25 November	Heat	3–4	D. Schmidt	T. Cox	B. Wise	5-5
11	30 November	@ Bandits	8–3	C. Oxspring	C. Lofgren	-	6-5

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
12	1 December (DH 1)	@ Bandits	2–3	J. Erasmus	W. Lundgren	R. Searle	6-6
13	1 December (DH 2)	@ Bandits	3–2	C. Anderson	J. Erasmus	M. Williams	7-6
14	2 December	@ Bandits	9–2	T. Cox	J. Staatz	-	8-6
15	6 December	Cavalry	1–2	E. Massingham	T. Van Steensel	S. Toler	8-7
16	7 December	Cavalry	4–3	C. Anderson	R. Dickmann	M. Williams	9-7
17	8 December	Cavalry	2–6	C. Motta	T. Cox	-	9-8
18	9 December	Cavalry	6–7	D. Loggins	T. Van Steensel	S. Toler	9-9
19	13 December	@ Heat	5-2	C. Anderson	V. Vasquez	M. Williams	10-9
20	14 December (DH 1)	@ Heat	2-10	D. Schmidt	T. Atherton	-	10-10
21	14 December (DH 2)	@ Heat	6-4	C. Oxspring	A. Claggett	M. Williams	11-10
22	15 December	@ Heat	9-10	G. Van Sickler	T. Herr	C. Lamb	11-11
23	20 December	@ Aces	5-1	C. Anderson	K. Reese	-	12-11
24	21 December	@ Aces	0-1	H. Koishi	C. Oxspring	C. Forbes	12-12
25	22 December	@ Aces	4-3	T. Herr	A. Blackley	M. Williams	13-12
26	23 December	@ Aces	10-8	T. Herr	C. Forbes	M. Williams	14-12
27	27 December	Bite	7-9	A. Kittredge	B. Thomas	R. Olson	14-13
28	28 December	Bite	3-2	C. Anderson	J. Daniels	M. Williams	15-13
29	29 December	Bite	2-1	W. Lundgren	P. Mildren	M. Williams	16-13
30	30 December	Bite	4-0	T. Herr	A. Kittredge	-	17-13

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
31	3 January	@ Bite	3-7	Z. Fuesser	C. Anderson	-	17-14
32	4 January	@ Bite	4-3	T. Van Steensel	R. Brown	M. Williams	18-14
33	5 January	@ Bite	4-9	P. Mildren	B. Thomas	-	18-15
34	6 January	@ Bite	6-7	R. Olson	D. Koo	-	18-16
35	10 January	Aces	13-3	C. Oxspring	M. Hodge	-	19-16
36	11 January	Aces	2-0	C. Anderson	J. Hussey	M. Williams	20-16
37	12 January	Aces	5-4	B. Thomas	A. Bright	M. Williams	21-16
38	13 January	Aces	4-1	T. Atherton	A. Blackley	M. Williams	22-16
39	17 January	@ Cavalry	12-8	C. Anderson	B. Grening	-	23-16
40	18 January	@ Cavalry	7-8	S. Toler	D. Koo	-	23-17
41	19 January	@ Cavalry	10-2	B. Thomas	C. Motta	-	24-17
42	20 January	@ Cavalry	3-4	D. Loggins	T. Herr	-	24-18
43	24 January	Bandits	6-2	C. Anderson	C. Lofgren	-	25-18
44	25 January	Bandits	13-0	B. Thomas	R. Searle	-	26-18
45	26 January	Bandits	2-4	J. Schult	C. Oxspring	J. Erasmus	26-19
46	27 January	Bandits	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-

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

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2012–13 ABL

Active Roster

Reserve Players

Coaching staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

Catchers

23 Geoff Klein

Infielders

Outfielders

Infielders

— Michael Lysaught

Outfielders

46 Ricky Schwarz

Manager

Kevin Boles

Coaches

: 7-day disabled list
: reassigned

5 September 2017

References

"2012 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

v t e Sydney Blue Sox
Ballparks	Blue Sox Stadium
Important figures	David Balfour Dae-sung Koo Chris Oxspring
Minor Premierships (1)	2010–11
Broadcasting	Radio: Triple H FM Television: Nil Internet: YouTube
Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

v t e 2012–13 ABL season
Adelaide Bite Brisbane Bandits Canberra Cavalry Melbourne Aces Perth Heat Sydney Blue Sox
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