2011–12 Perth Heat season

2011–12 Perth Heat
Claxton Shield champions
Minor premiership
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Barbagallo Ballpark
City	Perth, Western Australia
Record	34–11 (.756)
Place	1st
Owner	ABL
General manager	Alex Pellerano
Manager	Brooke Knight
Radio	91.3 SportFM

The 2011–12 Perth Heat season will be the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Heat will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at Barbagallo Ballpark.

The Heat will also be defending the ABL Championship title, having won the previous season's Championship Series, and over the course of the season, will represent Australia in the 2011 Asia Series.

Offseason

Following the Heat's inaugural ABL Championship victory, the League announced that, beginning in 2011, the winner of each ABL Championship Series would participate in that year's Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China. As winners of the 2011 ABL Championship Series, the Heat will be the first Australian team to enter into this competition.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Perth Heat	45	34	11	.756	—	Advance to major semi final
2	Melbourne Aces	45	21	24	.467	13
3	Adelaide Bite	45	20	25	.444[a]	14	Advance to minor semi final
4	Sydney Blue Sox	45	20	25	.444[b]	14
5	Brisbane Bandits	45	20	25	.444[c]	14
6	Canberra Cavalry	45	20	25	.444[d]	14

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked on winning percentage. 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. 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.[2]
Notes:

1. 1st tiebreaker: 16–11 (.593)
2. 1st tiebreaker: 13–14 (.481); 2nd tiebreaker: 5–4 (.556)
3. 1st tiebreaker: 13–14 (.481); 2nd tiebreaker: 4–5 (.444)
4. 1st tiebreaker: 12–15 (.444)

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	3–0	6–1	4 Nov 2011	Baseball Park	–			W3
Brisbane Bandits	–	–			–
Canberra Cavalry	–	–			–
Melbourne Aces	4–0	6–1	13 Nov 2011	Melbourne Showgrounds	–			W4
Sydney Blue Sox	–	–			–
Total	7–0	Against Adelaide & Melbourne			Against			W7
		6–1	4 Nov 2011 13 Nov 2011	Baseball Park Melbourne Showgrounds	–

Game log

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

2011–12 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref — 3 November Postponed due to rain (5 November) [3] 1 4 November Bite W 6–1 Cameron Lamb (1–0) Dushan Ruzic (0–1) 958 1–0 [4] — 5 November Postponed due to rain (6 November) [5] — 5 November Postponed due to rain (TBA) [6] 2 6 November (DH 1) Bite W 7–4 Geoff Brown (1–0) Chris Lawson (0–1) Benn Grice (1) — 2–0 [7] 3 6 November (DH 2) Bite W 3–2 Benn Grice (1–0) Wayne Ough (0–1) 952 3–0 [8] 4 11 November @ Aces W 6–3 Daniel Schmidt (1–0) Shane Lindsay (0–1) Benn Grice (2) 1,514 4–0 [9] 5 12 November @ Aces W 9–8 Trevor Caughey (1–0) Yusei Kikuchi (0–1) Matt Erickson (1) 1,174 5–0 [10] 6 13 November (DH 1) @ Aces W 6–1 Jacob Clem (1–0) Jason Hirsh (0–1) — 6–0 [11] 7 13 November (DH 2) @ Aces W 5–3 Warwick Saupold (1–0) Nic Ungs (0–1) 923 7–0 [12] 8 17 November @ Blue Sox – 9 18 November (DH 1) @ Blue Sox – 10 18 November (DH 2) @ Blue Sox – 11 19 November @ Blue Sox – 2011 Asia Series
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 12 2 December Cavalry – 13 3 December Cavalry – 14 4 December Cavalry – 15 5 December Cavalry – 16 8 December @ Bandits – 17 9 December @ Bandits – 18 10 December (DH 1) @ Bandits – 19 10 December (DH 2) @ Bandits – 20 16 December Aces – 21 17 December Aces – 22 18 December Aces – 23 19 December Aces – 24 20 December Aces – 25 29 December @ Bite – 26 30 December @ Bite – 27 31 December (DH 1) @ Bite – 28 31 December (DH 2) @ Bite –
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 29 1 January @ Bite – 30 4 January Bandits – 31 5 January Bandits – 32 6 January Bandits – 33 7 January Bandits – 34 8 January Bandits – 35 12 January @ Cavalry – 36 13 January @ Cavalry – 37 14 January (DH 1) @ Cavalry – 38 14 January (DH 2) @ Cavalry – 39 15 January @ Cavalry – 40 18 January Blue Sox – 41 19 January Blue Sox – 42 20 January Blue Sox – 43 21 January Blue Sox – 44 22 January Blue Sox –

Roster

Perth Heat roster - 2011–12 ABL
Roster				Inactive Roster		Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 31 Tyler Anderson 25 Jacob Clem 15 Benn Grice 43 Jack Frawley  9 Cameron Lamb 43 Adam Millson 28 Todd Murphy 30 Warwick Saupold 19 Robert Sorensen 44 Virgil Vasquez Left-handed pitchers 36 Geoff Brown 20 Trevox Fox 26 Daniel Schmidt		Catchers 11 Allan de San Miguel  7 Matt Kennelly Infielders  3 Aaron Bonomi 24 Mychal Givens  2 Mitchell Graham 16 Luke Hughes Outfielders  1 Corey Adamson  5 Adam Courcha 23 Tim Kennelly  6 James McOwen  8 Graham Scorer 18 Brenden Webb		Pitchers -- Liam Baron 40 Travis Bass -- Trevor Caughey 45 Matt Erickson -- Liam Hendriks -- Roy Hotvedt 37 Dylan Jones -- Benjamin Moore -- Josh Silvi 14 Dean White 21 Brendan Wise 22 Matt Zachary Catchers  4 Alex Burg Infielders -- Aaron Baker 10 Lachlan Dale -- Anthony Daniele Outfielders 34 Brandon Dale 33 Elliot Hargreaves		Manager 13 Brooke Knight Coaches 27 Graeme Lloyd (Pitching Coach) 17 Steven Fish (First Base Coach) 32 Kevin Hooker (Bench Coach)
Correct as of 15 February 2012.[13]

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