2014–15 Sydney Blue Sox season

Key
†	Clinched Championship Series berth
‡	Clinched postseason berth

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

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.

Regular season

Standings

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
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

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
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
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
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

↑ "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
↑ "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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

[playoff_procedures-2] "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

Team Details
Season: 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season
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