2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox season

The 2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox season will be the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Blue Sox will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney. The team will be defending its record from the 2010–11 season where it had the best win–loss record during the regular season.

2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox season

Season: 2011–12 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
General Manager	David Balfour
Assistant GM	Rob McCluskey
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM
← 2010–11

Offseason

In July 2011, David Welch announced his retirement from professional baseball.[1] During the Blue Sox' inaugural season, he won the league's Pitcher of the Year award, and threw the first no-hitter in the league's history during the preliminary final series against the Adelaide Bite, accounting for the team's only win during the postseason.[2]

Also in July, an announcement was made that the name of the sporting complex the Blue Sox use for home games was changed from Blacktown Olympic Park to Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney. In other national sporting competitions, the complex serves as the training base for the Greater Western Sydney Giants team in the Australian Football League.[3]

Regular season

Standings

Key

	Clinched major semi final berth
	Clinched minor semi final berth

2011–12 regular season standings

Team[4]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	1st Tiebreaker[S 1]	2nd Tiebreaker[S 2]
Perth Heat	34	11	.756	–	15–8	19–3
Melbourne Aces	21	24	.467	13	12–11	9–13
Adelaide Bite	20	25	.444	14	10–12	10–13	16–11 (.593)
Sydney Blue Sox	20	25	.444	14	14–8	6–17	13–14 (.481)	5–4 (.556)
Brisbane Bandits	20	25	.444	14	11–11	9–14	13–14 (.481)	4–5 (.444)
Canberra Cavalry	20	25	.444	14	11–12	9–13	12–15 (.444)

Notes

1. In a multi-way tie, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition with the other tied teams is used as the first tiebreaker.[5]
2. In a multi-way tie, where after the first tiebreaker two teams are still tied, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition between the two tied teams is used as the second tiebreaker.[5]

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	–	–			–
Brisbane Bandits	1–3	6–4	10 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	10–0 (F/7)	11 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	L3
Canberra Cavalry	–	–			–
Melbourne Aces	3–1	8–6	5 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	13–9	5 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	W1
Perth Heat	–	–			–
Total	4–4	Against Melbourne & Brisbane			Against Brisbane Bandits			L3
		8–6 6–4	5 Nov 2011 10 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium Brisbane Exhibition Ground	10–0 (F/7)	11 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground

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 Crowd Record Ref 1 4 November Aces W 3–2 Chris Oxspring (1–0) Daniel McGrath (0–1) 1,193 1–0 [6] 2 5 November (DH 1) Aces W 8–6 Matthew Williams (1–0) Andrew Mann (0–1) Koo Dae-Sung (1) — 2–0 [7] 3 5 November (DH 2) Aces L 13–9 Blake Cunningham (1–0) Josh Wells (0–1) 1,295 2–1 [8] 4 6 November Aces W 2–0 Chris Oxspring (2–0) Sam Gibbons (0–1) 1,425 3–1 [9] 5 10 November @ Bandits W 6–4 Craig Anderson (1–0) Simon Morriss (0–2) Koo Dae-Sung (2) 803 4–1 [10] 6 11 November @ Bandits L 10–0 (F/7) Alex Maestri (2–0) Wayne Lundgren (0–1) 1,030 4–2 [11] 7 12 November @ Bandits L 2–0 Yohei Yanagawa (1–0) Aiden Francis (0–1) Chris Mowday (2) 1,353 4–3 [12] 8 13 November @ Bandits L 2–1 Chris Mowday (1–1) Chris Oxspring (2–1) 640 4–4 [13] 9 17 November Heat – 10 18 November (DH 1) Heat – 11 18 November (DH 2) Heat – 12 19 November Heat – 13 24 November @ Bite – 14 25 November @ Bite – 15 26 November (DH 1) @ Bite – 16 26 November (DH 2) @ Bite –
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 17 1 December Bandits – 18 2 December (DH 1) Bandits – 19 2 December (DH 2) Bandits – 20 3 December Bandits – 21 4 December Bandits – 22 15 December Cavalry – 23 16 December Cavalry – 24 17 December Cavalry – 25 18 December Cavalry – 26 29 December @ Aces – 27 30 December @ Aces – 28 31 December (DH 1) @ Aces – 29 31 December (DH 2) @ Aces –
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 30 1 January @ Aces – 31 5 January @ Cavalry – 32 6 January @ Cavalry – 33 7 January (DH 1) @ Cavalry – 34 7 January (DH 2) @ Cavalry – 35 8 January @ Cavalry – 36 11 January Bite – 37 12 January Bite – 38 13 January Bite – 39 14 January Bite – 40 15 January Bite – 41 18 January @ Heat – 42 19 January @ Heat – 43 20 January @ Heat – 44 21 January @ Heat – 45 22 January @ Heat –

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2011–12 ABL
Roster				Inactive Roster		Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 32 Todd Grattan 13 Vaughan Harris 24 Lee Ingram 36 Wayne Lundgren 35 Chris Oxspring 31 Josh Wells 19 Matthew Williams Left-handed pitchers 41 Craig Anderson 26 Aiden Francis 30 Koo Dae-Sung  1 Matthew Rae		Catchers 33 Craig Cant 11 Trent D'Antonio 23 Alex Johnson Infielders 14 Joshua Dean 16 Michael Lysaught 20 Patrick Maat  2 Shannon Pender 34 Jacob Younis Outfielders 22 Tyler Collins 27 Boss Moanaroa  8 Moko Moanaroa  3 Trent Schmutter		Pitchers -- Alessio Angelucci -- Matt Bennett -- Ryan Rowland-Smith -- Aaron Sookee -- Tim Stanford -- Jarryd Sullivan -- Brad Thomas -- Rich Thompson -- Brad Tippett -- Todd Van Steensel -- David Welch Catchers -- Guy Edmonds Infielders -- Mark Holland -- Gift Ngoepe Outfielders -- Breland Brown -- Mitch Dening -- David Kandilas -- Trent Oeltjen		Manager 21 Kevin Boles Coaches 35 Chris Oxspring (Pitching Coach)  7 Graheme Cassel (Coach)  6 Jason Pospishil (Coach) 18 Glenn Williams (Coach)  : 7-day disabled list
Correct as of 8 November 2011.

References

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3. "Welcome to Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney". Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
4. "Australian Baseball League Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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