2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox season

2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox
Minor premiership
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	24–15 (.615)
League place	1st
Owner	ABL
Manager	Glenn Williams
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

2010–11 regular season standings

Team v t e	Pld	HW	HL	AW	AL	GB	PCT	Qualification
Sydney Blue Sox	39	12	7	12	8	—	.615[a]	Major semi final berth
Perth Heat	40	10	10	14	6	0.5	.600
Adelaide Bite	40	15	5	8	12	1.5	.575[b][c]	Minor semi final berth
Melbourne Aces	39	11	9	7	12	6	.462[a]
Brisbane Bandits	36	6	10	8	12	8.5	.389[c]
Canberra Cavalry	36	11	9	1	15	10.5	.333[b]

Source: [1]
Notes:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
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
		13-3	13 November 2010	Blue Sox Stadium	3-18	12 December 2010	Melbourne Ballpark

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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 2 12 November Cavalry 4-2 C. Oxspring J. Heo D. Koo 2-0 [2] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3 13 November Cavalry 13-3 W. Lundgren P. Brassington - 3-0 [3] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 4 14 November Cavalry 7-5 A. Sookee T. Atherton D. Koo 4-0 [4] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 5 18 November @ Bandits 5-9 J. Albury W. Lundgren - 4-1 [5] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 6 19 November @ Bandits (DH 1) 3-4 C. Mowday D. Koo - 4-2 [6] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 7 19 November @ Bandits (DH 2) 4-0 C. Oxspring R. Searle - 5-2 [7] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 8 21 November @ Bandits 2-0 C. Anderson J. Erasmus D. Koo 6-2 [8] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 9 26 November Bandits 1-6 J. Albury W. Lundgren - 6-3 [9] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 13 3 December Aces 3-1 C. Oxspring A. Blackley D. Koo 9-4 [13] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 14 4 December Aces (DH 1) PPD - RAIN - - - - [14] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 15 4 December Aces (DH 2) PPD - RAIN - - - - [15] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 19 11 December @ Aces (DH 1) 6-7 M. Hoshino T. Van Steensel - 10-6 [19] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 20 11 December @ Aces (DH 2) 4-1 D. Welch T. Blackley D. Koo 11-6 [20] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 21 12 December @ Aces (DH 1) 5-12 M. Blackmore C. Anderson - 11-7 [21] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 22 12 December @ Aces (DH 2) 3-18 J. Ono V. Harris - 11-8 [22] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 25 18 December @ Bite 3-7 B. Maurer W. Lundgren - 12-10 [25] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 28 31 December @ Heat 5-1 D. Welch D. Schmidt D. Koo 15-10 [28] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 29 1 January @ Heat 3-2 D. Koo M. Zachary - 16-10 [29] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30 2 January @ Heat 10-3 C. Anderson W. Saupold - 17-10 [30] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 31 6 January Heat 1-3 T. Caughey C. Oxspring B. Wise 17-11 [31] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 32 7 January Heat 7-11 D. Schmidt M. Williams - 17-12 [32] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 33 8 January Heat 3-4 C. McCurry W. Lundgren B. Wise 17-13 [33] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 34 9 January Heat 1-4 M. Zachary C. Anderson - 17-14 [34] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 35 12 January Bite 5-4 R. Thompson T. Becker - 18-14 [35] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 36 13 January Bite 4-3 D. Welch P. Mildren - 19-14 [36] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 37 14 January Bite 6-5 J. Sullivan D. Fidge - 20-14 [37] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 38 15 January Bite 6-2 W. Lundgren D. Ruzic - 21-14 [38] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 39 20 January @ Cavalry 1-5 J. Lee C. Oxspring T. Atherton 21-15 [39] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 40 21 January @ Cavalry 10-3 T. Grattan H. Beard D. Koo 22-15 [40] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 41 22 January @ Cavalry (DH 1) 5-4 D. Koo T. Atherton - 23-15 [41] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 42 22 January @ Cavalry (DH 2) 4-2 V. Harris J. Lee D. Koo 24-15 [42] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 2 5 February @ Bite 0-4 B. Maurer W. Lundgren - 1-1 [46] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3 6 February Bite 4-7 M. Brackman D. Koo - 1-2 [47] Archived 9 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine

	Semi-Final Series 27–28 January 2011					Premliminary Final Series 4–6 February 2011					Championship Series 11–13 February 2011
	1	Sydney Blue Sox	0								2	Perth Heat	2
	2	Perth Heat	2								3	Adelaide Bite	1
						1	Sydney Blue Sox	1
						3	Adelaide Bite	2
	3	Adelaide Bite	2
	4	Melbourne Aces	0

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2014–15 ABL
Active Roster				Reserve Players		Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 43 Paul Anderson 28 Shane Benson 32 Todd Grattan 13 Vaughan Harris 36 Wayne Lundgren 35 Chris Oxspring — Aaron Sookee — Jarryd Sullivan — Rich Thompson — Todd Van Steensel 19 Matt Williams Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 30 Dae-Sung Koo — Matthew Rae — David Welch		Catchers 11 Trent D’Antonio 10 Andrew Graham 20 Patrick Maat Infielders 14 Joshua Dean — Mark Holland 23 Alex Johnson — Brendan Kingman  2 Shannon Prender — Jacob Younis Outfielders 33 Timothy Auty — Mitchell Dening 25 David Kandilas 27 Boss Moanaroa — Moko Moanaroa — Trent Oeltjen  3 Trent Schmutter		Infielders — Michael Lysaught		Manager Glenn Williams Coaches Chris Oxspring (Pitching Coach) Jason Pospishil Shaun Smith Grahame Cassel  : 7-day disabled list  : reassigned
7 September 2017

References

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