2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

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.

2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

Season: 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
Management
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Owner	ABL
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Triple H FM
← 2013–14

Regular season

Standings

Key

	Clinched Championship Series berth
	Clinched Preliminary final berth

2014–15 regular season standings

Team[1]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Adelaide Bite	32	16	.667	–	18–6	14–10
Perth Heat	28	20	.583	4.0	15–9	13–11
Sydney Blue Sox	22	24	.478	9.0	12–10	10–14
Canberra Cavalry	22	24	.478	9.0	10–12	12–12
Brisbane Bandits	21	25	.457	10.0	14–10	7–15
Melbourne Aces	15	31	.326	16.0	10–14	5–17

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
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
		16–4	8 January 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	9-20	2 November 2014	Baseball Park

Game log

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

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
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 2 1 November (DH 1) @ Heat 7-3 M. Solbach C. Lamb - 2-0 3 1 November (DH 2) @ Heat 0-5 S. Mitchinson L. Wilkins - 2-1 4 2 November @ Heat 9-20 A. Burkard A. Sookee - 2-2 5 6 November @ Cavalry 9-0 M. Solbach B. Grening - 3-2 6 7 November @ Cavalry 2-4 T. Atherton C. Anderson D. Crenshaw 3-3 7 8 November @ Cavalry 3-1 L. Wilkins T. Crawford D. Koo 4-3 8 9 November @ Cavalry 7-5 T. Cox G. Hernandez M. Solbach 5-3 9 13 November Cavalry 2-0 C. Anderson B. Grening - 6-3 10 14 November Cavalry 7-6 W. Lundgren D. Crenshaw - 7-3 11 15 November Cavalry 1-8 T. Atherton L. Wilkins J. Brown 7-4 12 16 November Cavalry 6-11 W. Ough V. Harris - 7-5 13 20 November @ Aces 5-3 M. Solbach N. Blount D. Koo 8-5 14 21 November @ Aces 2-4 C. Buckel C. Anderson K. Miyata 8-6 15 22 November @ Aces 12-8 A. Sookee J. Kennedy - 9-6 16 23 November @ Aces 4-10 K. Miyata V Harris - 9-7 17 27 November Heat 9-5 M. Solbach B. Baker - 10-7 18 28 November Heat 2-6 D. Schmidt C. Anderson J. Marban 10-8 19 29 November Heat 7-1 L. Wilkins S. Sanford - 11-8 20 30 November Heat 0-2 B. Shorto L. Wells M. Acker 11-9
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 21 11 December Bite PPD - RAIN - - - - 22 12 December Bite 4-5 J. Tols A. Sookee T. Brunnemann 11-10 23 13 December (DH 1) Bite 0-3 W. Lee C. Anderson W. Mathis 11-11 24 13 December (DH 2) Bite 0-6 M. Coombs L. Wilkins - 11-12 25 14 December Bite 6-5 J. Guyer J. Tols - 12-12 26 18 December @ Bite 3-10 W. Mathis V. Harris - 12-13 27 19 December @ Bite 2-6 J. Tols M. Solbach - 12-14 28 20 December @ Bite 2-4 M. Coombs C. Anderson T. Brunnemann 12-15 29 21 December @ Bite 3-4 J. Tols S. Landell - 12-16 30 26 December Bandits 2-6 M. Takashio M. Solbach - 12-17 31 27 December Bandits 2-1 C. Anderson C. Lin D. Koo 13-17 32 28 December Bandits 6-4 L. Wilkins R. Searle T. Van Steensel 14-17 33 29 December Bandits 10-9 W. Lundgren D. Cooper - 15-17
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 34 2 January @ Bite 7-6 A. Sookee T. Brunnemann T. Van Steensel 16-17 35 3 January (DH 1) @ Bite 7-11 C. Stem C. Anderson - 16-18 36 3 January (DH 2) @ Bite 7-9 T. Brunnemann D. Koo - 16-19 37 4 January @ Bite 5-13 D. Fidge S. Landell - 16-20 38 8 January Aces 16-4 M. Solbach M. Wilson - 17-20 39 9 January Aces 7-0 C. Anderson T. Brown - 18-20 40 10 January (DH 1) Aces PPD - RAIN - - - - 41 10 January (DH 2) Aces PPD - RAIN - - - - 42 15 January @ Bandits 5-8 R. Searle M. Solbach M. Timms 18-21 43 16 January @ Bandits 4-3 C. Anderson C. Lin A. Sookee 19-21 44 17 January @ Bandits 7-2 L. Wilkins D. Naylor - 20-21 45 18 January @ Bandits 5-9 M. Takashio J. Shergill - 20-22 46 22 January Cavalry 2-3 B. Grening A. Sookee D. Crenshaw 20-23 47 23 January Cavalry 8-6 L. Wilkins T. Atherton D. Koo 21-23 48 24 January Cavalry 2-1 M. Solbach G. Hernandez A. Sookee 22-23 49 25 January Cavalry 2-7 T. Crawford J. Shergill - 22-24

Postseason

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.

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 2 31 January @ Heat 2-9 S. Mitchinson L. Wilkins - 0-2

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Adelaide Bite	1
	2	Perth Heat	2			2	Perth Heat	2
	3	Sydney Blue Sox	0

Roster

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

References

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.