2012–13 Adelaide Bite season

The 2012–13 Adelaide Bite season is the third season for the team. As was the case for the previous seasons, the Bite will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and is expected to again play its home games at Coopers Stadium.[1]

2012–13 Adelaide Bite season

Season: 2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Adelaide, South Australia
Ballpark	Coopers Stadium[1]
Management
Manager	Tony Harris
Owner	ABL
General Manager	Pat Kelly
Assistant GM	Nathan Davison
Local Broadcasting
Television	In-House Broadcast
← 2011–12

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

Key

	Clinched Championship Series berth
	Clinched Preliminary final berth

2012–13 regular season standings

Team[2]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Canberra Cavalry	27	19	.587	–	14–9	13–10
Sydney Blue Sox	26	19	.578	0.5	13–9	13–10
Perth Heat	25	21	.543	2.0	13–10	12–11
Brisbane Bandits	23	22	.511	3.5	15–8	8–14
Adelaide Bite	21	25	.457	6.0	12–10	9–14
Melbourne Aces	15	31	.326	12.0	11–12	4–19

Notes

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Brisbane Bandits	2–2	5–2	24 November 2012	Norwood Oval	2–6 & 3–7	22 & 24 November 2012	Norwood Oval	1L
Canberra Cavalry	1–3	6–7	1 December 2012	Narrabundah Ballpark	2–8	30 November 2012	Narrabundah Ballpark	2L
Melbourne Aces	5–2	18–1	8 December 2012	Norwood Oval	2–7	11 November 2012	Melbourne Ballpark	4W
Perth Heat	0–3	–			3–13	2 November 2012	Norwood Oval	3L
Sydney Blue Sox	–	–			–
Total	8–10	Melbourne Aces			Perth Heat			4W
		18–1	8 December 2012	Norwood Oval	3–13	2 November 2012	Norwood Oval

Game log

W	Bite win
L	Bite loss
T	Bite tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Bite team member

2012–13 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 1 1 November Heat 3–9 V. Vasquez Z. Fuesser N/A 874 0-1 2 2 November Heat 3–13 A. Claggett P. Mildren 1,454 0-2 3 3 November Heat 4–8 D. Schmidt R. Olson 1,578 0-3 4 9 November @ Aces 1-5 J. Hussey R. Olsen 1,116 0-4 5 10 November @ Aces 4-0 Z. Fuesser H. Koishi 1,228 1-4 6 11 November @ Aces 2–7 S. Gibbons P. Mildren 296 1-5 7 22 November Bandits 2–6 J. Staatz D. Ruzic 795 1-6 8 23 November Bandits 7–6 Z. Fuesser J. Albury A. Kittredge 2,125 2-6 9 24 November (DH 1) Bandits 5–2 D. Fidge C. Smith A. Kittredge 3-6 10 24 November (DH 2) Bandits 3–7 R. Searle W. Lee 1,345 3-7 11 30 November @ Cavalry 2–8 B. Grening P. Mildren 1,128 3-8
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 12 1 December (DH 1) @ Cavalry 7–6 R. Olson S. Kent A. Kittredge 4-8 13 1 December (DH 2) @ Cavalry 3–6 R. Dickmann D. Fidge S. Toler 1,112 4-9 14 2 December @ Cavalry 2–4 E. Massingham D. Ruzic S. Toler 703 4-10 15 7 December Aces 10–4 R. Olson Y. Nakazaki 936 5-10 16 8 December (DH 1) Aces 5–3 A. Kittredge A. Blackley - 6-10 17 8 December (DH 2) Aces 18–1 P. Mildren S. Gibbons 1,504 7-10 18 9 December Aces 9–8 R. Olson Z. Arneson 545 8-10 19 13 December @ Bandits – 20 14 December (DH 1) @ Bandits – 21 14 December (DH 2) @ Bandits – 22 15 December @ Bandits – 23 21 December Heat – 24 22 December (DH 1) Heat – 25 22 December (DH 2) Heat – 26 23 December Heat – 27 27 December @ Blue Sox – 28 28 December @ Blue Sox – 29 29 December @ Blue Sox – 30 30 December @ Blue Sox –
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 31 3 January Blue Sox – 32 4 January Blue Sox – 33 5 January (DH 1) Blue Sox – 34 5 January (DH 2) Blue Sox – 35 10 January @ Heat – 36 11 January @ Heat – 37 12 January @ Heat – 38 13 January @ Heat – 39 17 January @ Aces – 40 18 January @ Aces – 41 19 January @ Aces – 42 20 January @ Aces – 43 24 January Cavalry – 44 25 January Cavalry – 45 26 January Cavalry – 46 27 January Cavalry –

Roster

Adelaide Bite roster - 2012-13 ABL
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 18 Reed Brown 20 Adam Crabb 14 Darren Fidge 24 Chris Lawson 16 Dakota Mitchell 31 Steven O'Connor 33 Wayne Ough 38 Dushan Ruzic 29 Jandy Sena Left-handed pitchers 26 Wilson Lee  8 Jackson Lodge 25 Paul Mildren 11 Rinku Singh		Catchers  9 Chris Adamson  7 Ben Lodge 19 Tom McGarry Infielders  6 Josh Cakebread 17 Dennis Christiansen  1 Jeremy Creswell  4 Mathew Smith 22 Stefan Welch Outfielders		Pitchers -- Zachary Fuesser -- Seon-gi Kim -- Andrew Kittredge -- Richard Olson -- Aaron Pribanic Catchers -- Josiah Atkins -- Dylan Child -- Troy Weinert Infielders -- Ji-man Choi -- Nathan VanDerLinden Outfielders -- Justin Howard -- Nathan Melendres -- Angus Roeger		Manager  2 Tony Harris Coaches 30 Warwick Marks (Pitching Coach) 17 Nathan Davidson (Coach) 10 Mark Haylock (Coach) 28 Craig Watts (Coach)
Current as of 2 November 2012.

References

1. Haynes, Jessica. "Baseball to stay at The Parade". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
2. "2012 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 26 January 2013.