2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox season

Australian Baseball League team season

2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	23–23 (.500)
Place	2nd
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM
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The 2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's fourth season. The Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) against five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Perth Heat	46	32	14	.696	—	Advance to Championship Series
2	Sydney Blue Sox	46	23	23	.500	9	Advance to Preliminary final
3	Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	.478	10	Advance to Preliminary final
4	Melbourne Aces	46	22	24	.478	10
5	Adelaide Bite	46	21	25	.457	11
6	Brisbane Bandits	46	18	28	.391	14

Source: ^[1]

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	8-1	16 January 2014	Diamond Sports Stadium	2-7	19 January 2014	Diamond Sports Stadium	L2
Brisbane Bandits	7-4	7-2	17 November 2013	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	2-9	28 December 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Canberra Cavalry	6-5	11-4	6 December 2013	Narrabundah Ballpark	0-10	10 January 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	W2
		8-1	7 December 2013	Narrabundah Ballpark
Melbourne Aces	3-5	4-2	25 January 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	2-6	20 December 2013	Melbourne Ballpark	L1
					0-4	21 December 2013	Melbourne Ballpark
Perth Heat	1-7	11-0	3 November 2013	Baseball Park	0-10	1 November 2013	Baseball Park	L4
Total	23-23	Against Perth			Against Canberra & Perth			L1
Total	23-23	11–0	3 Nov 2013	Baseball Park	0-10 0-10	1 Nov 2013 10 Jan 2014	Baseball Park Blue Sox Stadium	L1

Game log

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

2013–14 Game Log

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	1 November	@ Heat	0-10	M. Ekstrom	C. Anderson	-	0-1	[1]^{[permanent dead link]}
2	2 November	@ Heat (DH 1)	5-4	L. Wilkins	L. Baron	D. Koo	1-1	[2]^{[permanent dead link]}
3	2 November	@ Heat (DH 2)	7-2	C. Whalen	K. Grendell	-	2-1	[3]^{[permanent dead link]}
4	3 November	@ Heat	11-0	A. Sookee	D. Schmidt	-	3-1	[4]^{[permanent dead link]}
5	8 November	Cavalry	5-2	C. Anderson	B. Grening	D. Koo	-	[5]^{[permanent dead link]}
6	9 November	Cavalry	1-6	E. Cole	A. Sookee	-	4-2	[6]^{[permanent dead link]}
7	10 November	Cavalry	2-4	N. Pugliese	W. Lundgren	S. Toler	4-3	[7]^{[permanent dead link]}
8	15 November	@ Bandits	10-8	L. Wilkins	T. Brechbuehler	D. Koo	5-3	[8]^{[permanent dead link]}
9	16 November	@ Bandits	7-6	J. Guyer	A. Thompson	D. Koo	6-3	[9]^{[permanent dead link]}
10	17 November	@ Bandits	7-2	C. Whalen	C. Barnes	-	7-3	[10]^{[permanent dead link]}
11	29 November	Heat	0-1	J. Frawley	C. Anderson	B. Wise	7-4	[11]^{[permanent dead link]}
12	30 November	Heat (DH 1)	0-6	M. Ekstrom	J. Guyer	-	7-5	[12]^{[permanent dead link]}
13	30 November	Heat (DH 2)	3-4	A. Claggett	C. Whalen	-	7-6	[13]^{[permanent dead link]}

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
14	1 December	Heat	1-3	D. Schmidt	A. Sookee	S. Mitchinson	7-7	[14]^{[permanent dead link]}
15	5 December	@ Cavalry	5-13	B. Grening	C. Anderson	-	7-8	[15]^{[permanent dead link]}
16	6 December	@ Cavalry	11-4	C. Whalen	E. Cole	-	8-8	[16]^{[permanent dead link]}
17	7 December	@ Cavalry	8-1	A. Sookee	J. Lyman	L. Wilkins	9-8	[17]^{[permanent dead link]}
18	8 December	@ Cavalry	7-8	E. Massingham	M. Rae	S. Toler	9-9	[18]^{[permanent dead link]}
19	13 December	Bite	5-1	C. Anderson	D. Holman	-	10-9	[19]^{[permanent dead link]}
20	14 December	Bite	3-5	R. Olson	C. Whalen	M. Williams	10-10	[20]^{[permanent dead link]}
21	15 December	Bite	1-3	B. Holovach	A. Sookee	M. Williams	10-11	[21]^{[permanent dead link]}
22	16 December	Bite	2-1	V. Harris	K. Brueggemann	D. Koo	11-11	[22]^{[permanent dead link]}
23	20 December	@ Aces	2-6	J. Burns	C. Anderson	-	11-12	[23]^{[permanent dead link]}
24	21 December	@ Aces (DH 1)	3-2	C. Whalen	J. Hussey	D. Koo	12-12	[24]^{[permanent dead link]}
25	21 December	@ Aces (DH 2)	0-4	L. Thorpe	A. Sookee	-	12-13	[25]^{[permanent dead link]}
26	22 December	@ Aces	3-4	F. Flores	M. Rae	B. Zawacki	12-14	[26]^{[permanent dead link]}
27	27 December	Bandits	3-2	C. Anderson	M. Jannis	D. Koo	13-14	[27]^{[permanent dead link]}
28	28 December	Bandits	2-9	A. Aizenstadt	C. Whalen	-	13-15	[28]^{[permanent dead link]}
29	29 December	Bandits	1-0	A. Sookee	R. Searle	-	14-15	[29]^{[permanent dead link]}
30	30 December	Bandits	3-4	T. Crawford	D. Koo	-	14-16	[30]^{[permanent dead link]}

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
31	2 January	@ Bandits	5-4	C. Anderson	M. Jannis	D. Koo	15-16	[31]^{[permanent dead link]}
32	3 January	@ Bandits	4-5	T. Crawford	T. Van Steensel	-	15-17	[32]^{[permanent dead link]}
33	4 January	@ Bandits	7-5	A. Sookee	R. Searle	D. Koo	16-17	[33]^{[permanent dead link]}
34	5 January	@ Bandits	3-7	R. Niit	J. Guyer	-	16-18	[34]^{[permanent dead link]}
35	9 January	Cavalry	4-3	L. Wilkins	S. Toler	-	17-18	[35]^{[permanent dead link]}
36	10 January	Cavalry	0-10	E. Cole	A. Sookee	-	17-19	[36]^{[permanent dead link]}
37	11 January	Cavalry	9-6	J. Lyons	S. Chambers	-	18-19	[37]^{[permanent dead link]}
38	12 January	Cavalry	3-2	D. Koo	S. Toler	-	19-19	[38]^{[permanent dead link]}
39	16 January	@ Bite	8-1	C. Anderson	K. Brueggemann	-	20-19	[39]^{[permanent dead link]}
40	17 January	@ Bite	2-5	R. Olson	A. Sookee	-	20-20	[40]^{[permanent dead link]}
41	18 January	@ Bite	4-0	C. Whalen	D. Fidge	-	21-20	[41]^{[permanent dead link]}
42	19 January	@ Bite	2-7	M. Williams	V. Harris	-	21-21	[42]^{[permanent dead link]}
43	23 January	Aces	4-3	W. Lundgren	T. Holder	D. Koo	22-21	[43]^{[permanent dead link]}
44	24 January	Aces	3-6	J. Hussey	A. Sookee	-	22-22	[44]^{[permanent dead link]}
45	25 January	Aces	4-2	C. Whalen	J. Erasmus	D. Koo	23-22	[45]^{[permanent dead link]}
46	26 January	Aces	0-2	F. Flores	V. Harris	B. Zawacki	23-23	[46]^{[permanent dead link]}

Postseason

Three teams in the ABL qualified for a two-round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the 2013-14 regular season, the Perth Heat gained entry to and hosted the Championship Series. The second and third place teams at the end of the 2013-14 regular season, the Sydney Blue Sox and the Canberra Cavalry, respectively, played a preliminary final series to determine the Perth Heat's opponent in the Championship Series.^[2] The Blue Sox fell to the Cavalry 1 game to 2, thus ending the Blue Sox's postseason run and advancing the Cavalry to the Championship Series.

2013–14 Preliminary Final Series Game Log

January/February

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	31 January	Cavalry	18-11	A. Sookee	B. Grening	-	1-0	[47] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
2	1 February	Cavalry	3-4	E. Cole	L. Baron	S. Toler	1-1	[48] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
3	2 February	Cavalry	1-9	S. Chambers	V. Harris	C. Everts	1-2	[49] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Perth Heat	2
2	Sydney Blue Sox	1	3	Canberra Cavalry	0
3	Canberra Cavalry	2

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2013–14 ABL
Active Roster	Reserve Players	Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 17 Josh Guyer — Vaughan Harris 44 Wayne Lundgren 28 Jeff Lyons 4 Aaron Sookee 21 Todd Van Steensel 26 Luke Wilkins Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 30 Dae-Sung Koo 29 Lachlan Wells 57 Connor Whalen		Catchers 66 Daniel Arribas 39 Guy Edmonds 22 James Philibossian Infielders 11 Trent D’Antonio 14 Joshua Dean 18 Joey DeMichele 27 Boss Moanaroa 24 Zac Shepherd Outfielders 8 Keon Broxton 9 Mitchell Dening 1 Jacob May 10 Trent Oeltjen 3 Trent Schmutter	Pitchers 55 Dean Aldridge 32 Todd Grattan 33 Keiran McCluskey — Matthew Rae Infielders — Michael Lysaught 34 Jacob Younis	Manager Jason Pospishil Coaches Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach) Glenn Williams (Hitting Coach) Chris Oxspring (Bullpen Coach) Nathan Wright (First Base Coach) Grahame Cassel (Third Base Coach) : 7-day disabled list : reassigned
4 September 2017

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2013–14 ABL

Active Roster

Reserve Players

Coaching staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

17 Josh Guyer
— Vaughan Harris
44 Wayne Lundgren
28 Jeff Lyons
4 Aaron Sookee
21 Todd Van Steensel
26 Luke Wilkins

Left-handed pitchers

31 Craig Anderson
30 Dae-Sung Koo
29 Lachlan Wells
57 Connor Whalen

Catchers

66 Daniel Arribas
39 Guy Edmonds
22 James Philibossian

Infielders

11 Trent D’Antonio
14 Joshua Dean
18 Joey DeMichele
27 Boss Moanaroa
24 Zac Shepherd

Outfielders

Pitchers

55 Dean Aldridge
32 Todd Grattan
33 Keiran McCluskey
— Matthew Rae

Infielders

— Michael Lysaught
34 Jacob Younis

Manager

Jason Pospishil

Coaches

Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach)
Glenn Williams (Hitting Coach)
Chris Oxspring (Bullpen Coach)
Nathan Wright (First Base Coach)
Grahame Cassel (Third Base Coach)

: 7-day disabled list
: reassigned

4 September 2017

References

^ "2013 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
^ "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
Minor Premierships (1)	2010–11
Broadcasting	Radio: Triple H FM Television: Nil Internet: YouTube
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