2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox season

2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox season
Season:; 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
Management
Manager	Glenn Williams
Owner	ABL
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM

The 2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's first 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[]

Key
	Clinched major semi final berth
	Clinched minor semi final berth

2010–11 regular season standings
Team^[1] v t	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Sydney Blue Sox	24	15	.615	–	12–7^{[S 1]}	12–8
Perth Heat	24	16	.600	1⁄2	10–10	14–6
Adelaide Bite	23	17	.575	1 1⁄2	15–5	8–12^{[S 2]}^{[S 3]}
Melbourne Aces	18	21	.462	6	11–9	7–12^{[S 1]}
Brisbane Bandits	14	22	.389	8 1⁄2	6–10^{[S 3]}	8–12
Canberra Cavalry	12	24	.333	10 1⁄2	11–9^{[S 2]}	1–15

Notes

^ ^a ^b The third game played between Sydney and Melbourne in round 4 was called a tie with a score of 1–1 under ABL rule 5-6-8. The result is not counted towards the teams' standings. A game postponed from round 4, held in round 5, was played with the Melbourne Aces as the away team and the Sydney Blue Sox as the home team, despite being played at the Melbourne Showgrounds.
^ ^a ^b A game postponed from round 4, held in round 7, was played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Canberra Cavalry as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.
^ ^a ^b Two games postponed from round 5, held in round 10, were played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Brisbane Bandits as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

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	6-2	5-0	17 December 2010	Diamond Sports Stadium	3-7	18 December 2010	Diamond Sports Stadium	W5
Brisbane Bandits	4-4	4-0	19 November 2010	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	3-12	27 November 2010	Blue Sox Stadium	W1
Canberra Cavalry	7-1	13-3	13 November 2010	Blue Sox Stadium	1-5	20 January 2011	Narrabundah Ballpark	W3
Melbourne Aces	3-4	4-1	11 December 2010	Melbourne Ballpark	3-18	12 December 2010	Melbourne Ballpark	L2
Perth Heat	4-4	8-1	30 December 2010	Baseball Park	7-11	7 January 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	L4
		10-3	2 January 2011	Baseball Park
Total	24-15	Canberra Cavalry			Melbourne Aces			W3
Total	24-15	13-3	13 November 2010	Blue Sox Stadium	3-18	12 December 2010	Melbourne Ballpark	W3

Game log[]

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

2010–11 Game Log

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	6 November	Cavalry	1-0	W. Lundgren	J. Heo	D. Koo	1-0	[1]
2	12 November	Cavalry	4-2	C. Oxspring	J. Heo	D. Koo	2-0	[2]
3	13 November	Cavalry	13-3	W. Lundgren	P. Brassington	-	3-0	[3]
4	14 November	Cavalry	7-5	A. Sookee	T. Atherton	D. Koo	4-0	[4]
5	18 November	@ Bandits	5-9	J. Albury	W. Lundgren	-	4-1	[5]
6	19 November	@ Bandits (DH 1)	3-4	C. Mowday	D. Koo	-	4-2	[6]
7	19 November	@ Bandits (DH 2)	4-0	C. Oxspring	R. Searle	-	5-2	[7]
8	21 November	@ Bandits	2-0	C. Anderson	J. Erasmus	D. Koo	6-2	[8]
9	26 November	Bandits	1-6	J. Albury	W. Lundgren	-	6-3	[9]
10	27 November	Bandits (DH 1)	3-1	D. Welch	R. Searle	D. Koo	7-3	[10] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
11	27 November	Bandits (DH 2)	3-12	C. Mowday	M. Williams	-	7-4	[11] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
12	28 November	Bandits	1-0	V. Harris	J. Erasmus	-	8-4	[12]

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
13	3 December	Aces	3-1	C. Oxspring	A. Blackley	D. Koo	9-4	[13]
14	4 December	Aces (DH 1)	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-	[14]
15	4 December	Aces (DH 2)	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-	[15]
16	5 December	Aces (DH 1)	2-1	W. Lundgren	J. Ono	D. Koo	10-4	[16]
17	5 December	Aces (DH 2)	1-1	-	-	-	10-4	[17]
18	10 December	@ Aces	4-6	A. Bright	M. Rae	-	10-5	[18]
19	11 December	@ Aces (DH 1)	6-7	M. Hoshino	T. Van Steensel	-	10-6	[19]
20	11 December	@ Aces (DH 2)	4-1	D. Welch	T. Blackley	D. Koo	11-6	[20]
21	12 December	@ Aces (DH 1)	5-12	M. Blackmore	C. Anderson	-	11-7	[21]
22	12 December	@ Aces (DH 2)	3-18	J. Ono	V. Harris	-	11-8	[22]
23	16 December	@ Bite	3-4	D. Ruzic	V. Harris	-	11-9	[23] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
24	17 December	@ Bite	5-0	D. Welch	P. Mildren		12-9	[24]
25	18 December	@ Bite	3-7	B. Maurer	W. Lundgren	-	12-10	[25]
26	19 December	@ Bite	4-0	C. Anderson	D. Ruzic	-	13-10	[26]
27	30 December	@ Heat	8-1	C. Oxspring	L. Hendriks	-	14-10	[27]
28	31 December	@ Heat	5-1	D. Welch	D. Schmidt	D. Koo	15-10	[28]

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
29	1 January	@ Heat	3-2	D. Koo	M. Zachary	-	16-10	[29]
30	2 January	@ Heat	10-3	C. Anderson	W. Saupold	-	17-10	[30]
31	6 January	Heat	1-3	T. Caughey	C. Oxspring	B. Wise	17-11	[31]
32	7 January	Heat	7-11	D. Schmidt	M. Williams	-	17-12	[32]
33	8 January	Heat	3-4	C. McCurry	W. Lundgren	B. Wise	17-13	[33]
34	9 January	Heat	1-4	M. Zachary	C. Anderson	-	17-14	[34]
35	12 January	Bite	5-4	R. Thompson	T. Becker	-	18-14	[35]
36	13 January	Bite	4-3	D. Welch	P. Mildren	-	19-14	[36]
37	14 January	Bite	6-5	J. Sullivan	D. Fidge	-	20-14	[37]
38	15 January	Bite	6-2	W. Lundgren	D. Ruzic	-	21-14	[38]
39	20 January	@ Cavalry	1-5	J. Lee	C. Oxspring	T. Atherton	21-15	[39]
40	21 January	@ Cavalry	10-3	T. Grattan	H. Beard	D. Koo	22-15	[40]
41	22 January	@ Cavalry (DH 1)	5-4	D. Koo	T. Atherton	-	23-15	[41]
42	22 January	@ Cavalry (DH 2)	4-2	V. Harris	J. Lee	D. Koo	24-15	[42]

Postseason[]

2010–11 Major Semi-Final Series Game Log

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	27 January	Heat	2-4	B. Grice	C. Oxspring	B. Wise	0-1	[43]
2	28 January	@ Heat	2-9	T. Caughey	W. Lundgren	-	0-2	[44] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine

2010–11 Preliminary Final Series Game Log

February

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	4 February	Bite	8-0	D. Welch	M. Brackman	-	1-0	[45]
2	5 February	@ Bite	0-4	B. Maurer	W. Lundgren	-	1-1	[46]
3	6 February	Bite	4-7	M. Brackman	D. Koo	-	1-2	[47]

Playoffs Round 1			Playoffs Round 2		Championship Series

Major Semi-Final Series
1	Sydney Blue Sox	0
2	Perth Heat	2
					Perth Heat	2
			Preliminary Final Series		Adelaide Bite	1
			Sydney Blue Sox	1
Minor Semi-Final Series			Adelaide Bite	2
3	Adelaide Bite	2
4	Melbourne Aces	0

Key:

Losing team progressing

Winning team progressing

Roster[]

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
—
— David Welch

Catchers

11
10 Andrew Graham
20

Infielders

14 Joshua Dean
— Mark Holland
23
— Brendan Kingman
2
—

Outfielders

Infielders

—

Manager

Glenn Williams

Coaches

Chris Oxspring (Pitching Coach)

: 7-day disabled list
: reassigned

7 September 2017

References[]

^ "Australian Baseball League Standings". Boxscore World Sportswire. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

[syd_mel-2] The third game played between Sydney and Melbourne in round 4 was called a tie with a score of 1–1 under ABL rule 5-6-8. The result is not counted towards the teams' standings. A game postponed from round 4, held in round 5, was played with the Melbourne Aces as the away team and the Sydney Blue Sox as the home team, despite being played at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

[can_ade-3] A game postponed from round 4, held in round 7, was played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Canberra Cavalry as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

[bri_ade-4] Two games postponed from round 5, held in round 10, were played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Brisbane Bandits as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

[standings-1] "Australian Baseball League Standings". Boxscore World Sportswire. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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Team Details
Season: 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
Management
Manager	Glenn Williams
Owner	ABL
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM