2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

Australian Baseball League team season

2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	22–24 (.478)
Place	3rd
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM
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The 2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's fifth season. The Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) against five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

Regular season

Standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Adelaide Bite	48	32	16	—	.667	18–6	14–10	Championship Series
Perth Heat	48	28	20	4	.583	15–9	13–11	Preliminary final
Sydney Blue Sox	46	22	24	9	.478	12–10	10–14	Preliminary final
Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	9	.478	10–12	12–12
Brisbane Bandits	46	21	25	10	.457	14–10	7–15
Melbourne Aces	46	15	31	16	.326	10–14	5–17

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	2-12	6-5	14 December 2014	Diamond Sports Stadium	3-15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium	L3
		7-6	2 January 2015	Diamond Sports Stadium
Brisbane Bandits	5-3	7-2	17 January 2015	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	2-6	26 December 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
					5-9	18 January 2015	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Canberra Cavalry	7-5	9-0	6 November 2014	Narrabundah Ballpark	1-8	15 November 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Melbourne Aces	4-2	16-4	8 January 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	4-10	23 November 2014	Melbourne Ballpark	W2
Perth Heat	4-4	7-1	29 November 2014	Baseball Park	9-20	2 November 2014	Baseball Park	L2
Total	22-24	Melbourne Aces			Perth Heat			L1
Total	22-24	16–4	8 January 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	9-20	2 November 2014	Baseball Park	L1

Game log

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

2014–15 Game Log

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	31 October	@ Heat	9-4	C. Anderson	S. Sanford	-	1-0

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
2	1 November (DH 1)	@ Heat	7-3	M. Solbach	C. Lamb	-	2-0
3	1 November (DH 2)	@ Heat	0-5	S. Mitchinson	L. Wilkins	-	2-1
4	2 November	@ Heat	9-20	A. Burkard	A. Sookee	-	2-2
5	6 November	@ Cavalry	9-0	M. Solbach	B. Grening	-	3-2
6	7 November	@ Cavalry	2-4	T. Atherton	C. Anderson	D. Crenshaw	3-3
7	8 November	@ Cavalry	3-1	L. Wilkins	T. Crawford	D. Koo	4-3
8	9 November	@ Cavalry	7-5	T. Cox	G. Hernandez	M. Solbach	5-3
9	13 November	Cavalry	2-0	C. Anderson	B. Grening	-	6-3
10	14 November	Cavalry	7-6	W. Lundgren	D. Crenshaw	-	7-3
11	15 November	Cavalry	1-8	T. Atherton	L. Wilkins	J. Brown	7-4
12	16 November	Cavalry	6-11	W. Ough	V. Harris	-	7-5
13	20 November	@ Aces	5-3	M. Solbach	N. Blount	D. Koo	8-5
14	21 November	@ Aces	2-4	C. Buckel	C. Anderson	K. Miyata	8-6
15	22 November	@ Aces	12-8	A. Sookee	J. Kennedy	-	9-6
16	23 November	@ Aces	4-10	K. Miyata	V Harris	-	9-7
17	27 November	Heat	9-5	M. Solbach	B. Baker	-	10-7
18	28 November	Heat	2-6	D. Schmidt	C. Anderson	J. Marban	10-8
19	29 November	Heat	7-1	L. Wilkins	S. Sanford	-	11-8
20	30 November	Heat	0-2	B. Shorto	L. Wells	M. Acker	11-9

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
21	11 December	Bite	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-
22	12 December	Bite	4-5	J. Tols	A. Sookee	T. Brunnemann	11-10
23	13 December (DH 1)	Bite	0-3	W. Lee	C. Anderson	W. Mathis	11-11
24	13 December (DH 2)	Bite	0-6	M. Coombs	L. Wilkins	-	11-12
25	14 December	Bite	6-5	J. Guyer	J. Tols	-	12-12
26	18 December	@ Bite	3-10	W. Mathis	V. Harris	-	12-13
27	19 December	@ Bite	2-6	J. Tols	M. Solbach	-	12-14
28	20 December	@ Bite	2-4	M. Coombs	C. Anderson	T. Brunnemann	12-15
29	21 December	@ Bite	3-4	J. Tols	S. Landell	-	12-16
30	26 December	Bandits	2-6	M. Takashio	M. Solbach	-	12-17
31	27 December	Bandits	2-1	C. Anderson	C. Lin	D. Koo	13-17
32	28 December	Bandits	6-4	L. Wilkins	R. Searle	T. Van Steensel	14-17
33	29 December	Bandits	10-9	W. Lundgren	D. Cooper	-	15-17

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
34	2 January	@ Bite	7-6	A. Sookee	T. Brunnemann	T. Van Steensel	16-17
35	3 January (DH 1)	@ Bite	7-11	C. Stem	C. Anderson	-	16-18
36	3 January (DH 2)	@ Bite	7-9	T. Brunnemann	D. Koo	-	16-19
37	4 January	@ Bite	5-13	D. Fidge	S. Landell	-	16-20
38	8 January	Aces	16-4	M. Solbach	M. Wilson	-	17-20
39	9 January	Aces	7-0	C. Anderson	T. Brown	-	18-20
40	10 January (DH 1)	Aces	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-
41	10 January (DH 2)	Aces	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-
42	15 January	@ Bandits	5-8	R. Searle	M. Solbach	M. Timms	18-21
43	16 January	@ Bandits	4-3	C. Anderson	C. Lin	A. Sookee	19-21
44	17 January	@ Bandits	7-2	L. Wilkins	D. Naylor	-	20-21
45	18 January	@ Bandits	5-9	M. Takashio	J. Shergill	-	20-22
46	22 January	Cavalry	2-3	B. Grening	A. Sookee	D. Crenshaw	20-23
47	23 January	Cavalry	8-6	L. Wilkins	T. Atherton	D. Koo	21-23
48	24 January	Cavalry	2-1	M. Solbach	G. Hernandez	A. Sookee	22-23
49	25 January	Cavalry	2-7	T. Crawford	J. Shergill	-	22-24

Postseason

Main article: 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season

Three teams in the ABL qualified for a two-round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the 2014-15 regular season, the Adelaide Bite gained entry to and hosted the Championship Series. The second and third place teams at the end of the 2014-15 regular season, the Perth Heat and the Sydney Blue Sox, respectively, played a Preliminary Final Series to determine the Adelaide Bite's opponent in the Championship Series. The Blue Sox fell to the Heat 0-2 in the Preliminary Final Series, thus ending the Blue Sox's postseason run and advancing the Heat to the Championship Series.

2014–15 Preliminary Final Series Game Log

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	30 January	Heat	4-5	M. Acker	A. Sookee	J. Marban	0-1
2	31 January	@ Heat	2-9	S. Mitchinson	L. Wilkins	-	0-2

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Adelaide Bite	1
2	Perth Heat	2	2	Perth Heat	2
3	Sydney Blue Sox	0

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2014–15 ABL
Active Roster	Reserve Players	Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 32 Todd Grattan 17 Josh Guyer 44 Wayne Lundgren 66 Jaspreet Shergill 33 Markus Solbach 4 Aaron Sookee 21 Todd Van Steensel 26 Luke Wilkins Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 30 Dae-Sung Koo		Catchers 35 Tyler Baker Infielders 9 Tyler Bortnick 11 Trent D’Antonio 14 Joshua Dean 38 Ray Frias 16 Michael Lysaught 28 Wes Patterson 24 Zac Shepherd 34 Jacob Younis Outfielders 5 Alex Glenn 12 Alex Howe 25 David Kandilas 10 Trent Oeltjen	Pitchers 8 Timothy Cox 13 Vaughan Harris 2 Matthew Rae 29 Lachlan Wells Catchers 39 Guy Edmonds 49 James Philibossian 23 Will Swanner Infielders — Michael Vine Outfielders 22 Joshua Strong	Manager Jason Pospishil Coaches Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach) Nathan Wright (Coach) Grahame Cassel (Bench Coach) : 7-day disabled list : reassigned
4 September 2017

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2014–15 ABL

Active Roster

Reserve Players

Coaching staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

31 Craig Anderson
30 Dae-Sung Koo

Catchers

35 Tyler Baker

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

— Michael Vine

Outfielders

22 Joshua Strong

Manager

Jason Pospishil

Coaches

Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach)
Nathan Wright (Coach)
Grahame Cassel (Bench Coach)

: 7-day disabled list
: reassigned

4 September 2017

References

"2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
"Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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Ballparks	Blue Sox Stadium
Important figures	David Balfour Dae-sung Koo Chris Oxspring
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