2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox season

2013–14 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	23–23 (.500)
Place	2nd
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM

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.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Perth Heat	46	32	14	.696	—	Advance to Championship Series
2	Sydney Blue Sox	46	23	23	.500	9	Advance to Preliminary final
3	Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	.478	10
4	Melbourne Aces	46	22	24	.478	10
5	Adelaide Bite	46	21	25	.457	11
6	Brisbane Bandits	46	18	28	.391	14

Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
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
		11–0	3 Nov 2013	Baseball Park	0-10 0-10	1 Nov 2013 10 Jan 2014	Baseball Park Blue Sox Stadium

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] 13 30 November Heat (DH 2) 3-4 A. Claggett C. Whalen - 7-6 [13]
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] 23 20 December @ Aces 2-6 J. Burns C. Anderson - 11-12 [23] 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] 33 4 January @ Bandits 7-5 A. Sookee R. Searle D. Koo 16-17 [33] 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]

Postseason

Main article: 2013–14 Australian Baseball League season

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. 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] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine 2 1 February Cavalry 3-4 E. Cole L. Baron S. Toler 1-1 [48] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine 3 2 February Cavalry 1-9 S. Chambers V. Harris C. Everts 1-2 [49] Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Perth Heat	2
	2	Sydney Blue Sox	1			3	Canberra Cavalry	0
	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 — Vaughan Harris 44 Wayne Lundgren 28 Jeff Lyons 4 Aaron Sookee 21 Todd Van Steensel 26 Luke Wilkins Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 30 Dae-Sung Koo 29 Lachlan Wells 57 Connor Whalen		Catchers 66 Daniel Arribas 39 Guy Edmonds 22 James Philibossian Infielders 11 Trent D’Antonio 14 Joshua Dean 18 Joey DeMichele 27 Boss Moanaroa 24 Zac Shepherd Outfielders 8 Keon Broxton 9 Mitchell Dening 1 Jacob May 10 Trent Oeltjen 3 Trent Schmutter		Pitchers 55 Dean Aldridge 32 Todd Grattan 33 Keiran McCluskey — Matthew Rae Infielders — Michael Lysaught 34 Jacob Younis		Manager Jason Pospishil Coaches Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach) Glenn Williams (Hitting Coach) Chris Oxspring (Bullpen Coach) Nathan Wright (First Base Coach) Grahame Cassel (Third Base Coach)  : 7-day disabled list  : reassigned
4 September 2017