2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox season

2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox season
Season:; 2013–14 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
Management
Manager
Owner	ABL
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM
	← 2012–13

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[]

Key
	Clinched Championship Series berth
	Clinched Preliminary final berth

2013–14 regular season standings
Team^[1] v t	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
	32	14	.696	–	18–5	14–9
Sydney Blue Sox	23	23	.500	9.0	10–13	13–10
	22	24	.478	10.0	13–10	9–14
	22	24	.478	10.0	14–9	8–15
	21	25	.457	11.0	13–10	8–15
	18	28	.391	14.0	11–12	7–16

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]
2	2 November	@ Heat (DH 1)	5-4	L. Wilkins	L. Baron	D. Koo	1-1	[2]
3	2 November	@ Heat (DH 2)	7-2	C. Whalen	K. Grendell	-	2-1	[3]
4	3 November	@ Heat	11-0	A. Sookee	D. Schmidt	-	3-1	[4]
5	8 November	Cavalry	5-2	C. Anderson	B. Grening	D. Koo	-	[5]
6	9 November	Cavalry	1-6	E. Cole	A. Sookee	-	4-2	[6]
7	10 November	Cavalry	2-4	N. Pugliese	W. Lundgren	S. Toler	4-3	[7]
8	15 November	@ Bandits	10-8	L. Wilkins	T. Brechbuehler	D. Koo	5-3	[8]
9	16 November	@ Bandits	7-6	J. Guyer	A. Thompson	D. Koo	6-3	[9]
10	17 November	@ Bandits	7-2	C. Whalen	C. Barnes	-	7-3	[10]
11	29 November	Heat	0-1	J. Frawley	C. Anderson	B. Wise	7-4	[11]
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]
15	5 December	@ Cavalry	5-13	B. Grening	C. Anderson	-	7-8	[15]
16	6 December	@ Cavalry	11-4	C. Whalen	E. Cole	-	8-8	[16]
17	7 December	@ Cavalry	8-1	A. Sookee	J. Lyman	L. Wilkins	9-8	[17]
18	8 December	@ Cavalry	7-8	E. Massingham	M. Rae	S. Toler	9-9	[18]
19	13 December	Bite	5-1	C. Anderson	D. Holman	-	10-9	[19]
20	14 December	Bite	3-5	R. Olson	C. Whalen	M. Williams	10-10	[20]
21	15 December	Bite	1-3	B. Holovach	A. Sookee	M. Williams	10-11	[21]
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]
25	21 December	@ Aces (DH 2)	0-4	L. Thorpe	A. Sookee	-	12-13	[25]
26	22 December	@ Aces	3-4	F. Flores	M. Rae	B. Zawacki	12-14	[26]
27	27 December	Bandits	3-2	C. Anderson	M. Jannis	D. Koo	13-14	[27]
28	28 December	Bandits	2-9	A. Aizenstadt	C. Whalen	-	13-15	[28]
29	29 December	Bandits	1-0	A. Sookee	R. Searle	-	14-15	[29]
30	30 December	Bandits	3-4	T. Crawford	D. Koo	-	14-16	[30]

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
31	2 January	@ Bandits	5-4	C. Anderson	M. Jannis	D. Koo	15-16	[31]
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]
35	9 January	Cavalry	4-3	L. Wilkins	S. Toler	-	17-18	[35]
36	10 January	Cavalry	0-10	E. Cole	A. Sookee	-	17-19	[36]
37	11 January	Cavalry	9-6	J. Lyons	S. Chambers	-	18-19	[37]
38	12 January	Cavalry	3-2	D. Koo	S. Toler	-	19-19	[38]
39	16 January	@ Bite	8-1	C. Anderson	K. Brueggemann	-	20-19	[39]
40	17 January	@ Bite	2-5	R. Olson	A. Sookee	-	20-20	[40]
41	18 January	@ Bite	4-0	C. Whalen	D. Fidge	-	21-20	[41]
42	19 January	@ Bite	2-7	M. Williams	V. Harris	-	21-21	[42]
43	23 January	Aces	4-3	W. Lundgren	T. Holder	D. Koo	22-21	[43]
44	24 January	Aces	3-6	J. Hussey	A. Sookee	-	22-22	[44]
45	25 January	Aces	4-2	C. Whalen	J. Erasmus	D. Koo	23-22	[45]
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]
2	1 February	Cavalry	3-4	E. Cole	L. Baron	S. Toler	1-1	[48]
3	2 February	Cavalry	1-9	S. Chambers	V. Harris	C. Everts	1-2	[49]

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Perth Heat	2

			3	Canberra Cavalry	0
2	Sydney Blue Sox	1

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
—
44 Wayne Lundgren
28 Jeff Lyons
4
21 Todd Van Steensel
26 Luke Wilkins

Left-handed pitchers

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

Catchers

66
39 Guy Edmonds
22

Infielders

11
14 Joshua Dean
18
27
24

Outfielders

Pitchers

55 Dean Aldridge
32 Todd Grattan
33
—

Infielders

—
34

Manager

Coaches

(Pitching Coach)
Glenn Williams (Hitting Coach)
Chris Oxspring (Bullpen Coach)
Nathan Wright (First Base Coach)
(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.

[standings-1] "2013 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

[playoff_procedures-2] "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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Team Details
Season: 2013–14 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
Management
Manager
Owner	ABL
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM
← 2012–13