2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox
2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	22–24 (.478)
Place	3rd
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM
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The 2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's fifth season. The Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) against five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

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Standings

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Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Adelaide Bite	48	32	16	—	.667	18–6	14–10	Championship Series
Perth Heat	48	28	20	4	.583	15–9	13–11	Preliminary final
Sydney Blue Sox	46	22	24	9	.478	12–10	10–14	Preliminary final
Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	9	.478	10–12	12–12
Brisbane Bandits	46	21	25	10	.457	14–10	7–15
Melbourne Aces	46	15	31	16	.326	10–14	5–17

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Record vs opponents

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Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
Adelaide Bite	2-12	6-5	14 December 2014	Diamond Sports Stadium	3-15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium	L3
		7-6	2 January 2015	Diamond Sports Stadium
Brisbane Bandits	5-3	7-2	17 January 2015	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	2-6	26 December 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
					5-9	18 January 2015	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Canberra Cavalry	7-5	9-0	6 November 2014	Narrabundah Ballpark	1-8	15 November 2014	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Melbourne Aces	4-2	16-4	8 January 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	4-10	23 November 2014	Melbourne Ballpark	W2
Perth Heat	4-4	7-1	29 November 2014	Baseball Park	9-20	2 November 2014	Baseball Park	L2
Total	22-24	Melbourne Aces			Perth Heat			L1
Total	22-24	16–4	8 January 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	9-20	2 November 2014	Baseball Park	L1

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Game log

W	Blue Sox win
L	Blue Sox loss
T	Blue Sox tie
	Game postponed
	Game cancelled
Bold	Blue Sox team member

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2014–15 Game Log

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	31 October	@ Heat	9-4	C. Anderson	S. Sanford	-	1-0	^{[permanent dead link‍]}

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
2	1 November (DH 1)	@ Heat	7-3	M. Solbach	C. Lamb	-	2-0	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3	1 November (DH 2)	@ Heat	0-5	S. Mitchinson	L. Wilkins	-	2-1	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4	2 November	@ Heat	9-20	A. Burkard	A. Sookee	-	2-2	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5	6 November	@ Cavalry	9-0	M. Solbach	B. Grening	-	3-2	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6	7 November	@ Cavalry	2-4	T. Atherton	C. Anderson	D. Crenshaw	3-3	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7	8 November	@ Cavalry	3-1	L. Wilkins	T. Crawford	D. Koo	4-3	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8	9 November	@ Cavalry	7-5	T. Cox	G. Hernandez	M. Solbach	5-3	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9	13 November	Cavalry	2-0	C. Anderson	B. Grening	-	6-3	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
10	14 November	Cavalry	7-6	W. Lundgren	D. Crenshaw	-	7-3	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11	15 November	Cavalry	1-8	T. Atherton	L. Wilkins	J. Brown	7-4	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12	16 November	Cavalry	6-11	W. Ough	V. Harris	-	7-5	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
13	20 November	@ Aces	5-3	M. Solbach	N. Blount	D. Koo	8-5	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
14	21 November	@ Aces	2-4	C. Buckel	C. Anderson	K. Miyata	8-6	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
15	22 November	@ Aces	12-8	A. Sookee	J. Kennedy	-	9-6	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
16	23 November	@ Aces	4-10	K. Miyata	V Harris	-	9-7	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
17	27 November	Heat	9-5	M. Solbach	B. Baker	-	10-7	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18	28 November	Heat	2-6	D. Schmidt	C. Anderson	J. Marban	10-8	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
19	29 November	Heat	7-1	L. Wilkins	S. Sanford	-	11-8	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
20	30 November	Heat	0-2	B. Shorto	L. Wells	M. Acker	11-9	^{[permanent dead link‍]}

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
21	11 December	Bite	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
22	12 December	Bite	4-5	J. Tols	A. Sookee	T. Brunnemann	11-10	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
23	13 December (DH 1)	Bite	0-3	W. Lee	C. Anderson	W. Mathis	11-11	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
24	13 December (DH 2)	Bite	0-6	M. Coombs	L. Wilkins	-	11-12	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
25	14 December	Bite	6-5	J. Guyer	J. Tols	-	12-12	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
26	18 December	@ Bite	3-10	W. Mathis	V. Harris	-	12-13	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
27	19 December	@ Bite	2-6	J. Tols	M. Solbach	-	12-14	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
28	20 December	@ Bite	2-4	M. Coombs	C. Anderson	T. Brunnemann	12-15	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
29	21 December	@ Bite	3-4	J. Tols	S. Landell	-	12-16	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
30	26 December	Bandits	2-6	M. Takashio	M. Solbach	-	12-17	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
31	27 December	Bandits	2-1	C. Anderson	C. Lin	D. Koo	13-17	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
32	28 December	Bandits	6-4	L. Wilkins	R. Searle	T. Van Steensel	14-17	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
33	29 December	Bandits	10-9	W. Lundgren	D. Cooper	-	15-17	^{[permanent dead link‍]}

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
34	2 January	@ Bite	7-6	A. Sookee	T. Brunnemann	T. Van Steensel	16-17	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
35	3 January (DH 1)	@ Bite	7-11	C. Stem	C. Anderson	-	16-18	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
36	3 January (DH 2)	@ Bite	7-9	T. Brunnemann	D. Koo	-	16-19	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
37	4 January	@ Bite	5-13	D. Fidge	S. Landell	-	16-20	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
38	8 January	Aces	16-4	M. Solbach	M. Wilson	-	17-20	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
39	9 January	Aces	7-0	C. Anderson	T. Brown	-	18-20	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
40	10 January (DH 1)	Aces	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
41	10 January (DH 2)	Aces	PPD - RAIN	-	-	-	-	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
42	15 January	@ Bandits	5-8	R. Searle	M. Solbach	M. Timms	18-21	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
43	16 January	@ Bandits	4-3	C. Anderson	C. Lin	A. Sookee	19-21	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
44	17 January	@ Bandits	7-2	L. Wilkins	D. Naylor	-	20-21	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
45	18 January	@ Bandits	5-9	M. Takashio	J. Shergill	-	20-22	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
46	22 January	Cavalry	2-3	B. Grening	A. Sookee	D. Crenshaw	20-23	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
47	23 January	Cavalry	8-6	L. Wilkins	T. Atherton	D. Koo	21-23	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
48	24 January	Cavalry	2-1	M. Solbach	G. Hernandez	A. Sookee	22-23	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
49	25 January	Cavalry	2-7	T. Crawford	J. Shergill	-	22-24	^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Three teams in the ABL qualified for a two-round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the 2014-15 regular season, the Adelaide Bite gained entry to and hosted the Championship Series. The second and third place teams at the end of the 2014-15 regular season, the Perth Heat and the Sydney Blue Sox, respectively, played a Preliminary Final Series to determine the Adelaide Bite's opponent in the Championship Series.^[2] The Blue Sox fell to the Heat 0-2 in the Preliminary Final Series, thus ending the Blue Sox's postseason run and advancing the Heat to the Championship Series.

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2014–15 Preliminary Final Series Game Log

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	30 January	Heat	4-5	M. Acker	A. Sookee	J. Marban	0-1	^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2	31 January	@ Heat	2-9	S. Mitchinson	L. Wilkins	-	0-2	^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Adelaide Bite	1
2	Perth Heat	2	2	Perth Heat	2
3	Sydney Blue Sox	0

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Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2014–15 ABL

Active Roster

Reserve Players

Coaching staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

32 Todd Grattan
17 Josh Guyer
44 Wayne Lundgren
66 Jaspreet Shergill
33 Markus Solbach
4 Aaron Sookee
21 Todd Van Steensel
26 Luke Wilkins

Left-handed pitchers

31 Craig Anderson
30 Dae-Sung Koo

Catchers

35 Tyler Baker

Infielders

9 Tyler Bortnick
11 Trent D’Antonio
14 Joshua Dean
38 Ray Frias
16 Michael Lysaught
28 Wes Patterson
24 Zac Shepherd
34 Jacob Younis

Outfielders

5 Alex Glenn
12 Alex Howe
25 David Kandilas
10 Trent Oeltjen

Pitchers

8 Timothy Cox
13 Vaughan Harris
2 Matthew Rae
29 Lachlan Wells

Catchers

39 Guy Edmonds
49 James Philibossian
23 Will Swanner

Infielders

— Michael Vine

Outfielders

22 Joshua Strong

Manager

Jason Pospishil

Coaches

Darian Lindsay (Pitching Coach)
Nathan Wright (Coach)
Grahame Cassel (Bench Coach)

: 7-day disabled list
: reassigned

4 September 2017

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[1]
"2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
[2]
"Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

[standings-1] [1]
"2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[playoff_procedures-2] [2]
"Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

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