2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox season

2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox
2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	15–24 (.385)
Place	5th
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM
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The 2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's sixth season. The Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

Offseason

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Melbourne Aces	40	26	14	—	.650	13–7	13–7	Championship Series
Adelaide Bite	40	23	17	3	.575	12–8	11–9	Preliminary final
Brisbane Bandits	39	21	18	4.5	.538	11–8	10–10	Preliminary final
Canberra Cavalry	40	20	20	6	.500	11–9	9–11
Sydney Blue Sox	39	15	24	10.5	.385	11–9	4–15
Perth Heat	40	14	26	12	.350	10–10	4–16

Source: ^[1]

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
Adelaide Bite	4-4	13-4	18 November 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	3-15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium	L3
Brisbane Bandits	3-4	6-2	10 December 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	4-9	12 January 2017	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	L1
Canberra Cavalry	3-5	10-0	25 November 2016	Narrabundah Ballpark	21-11	27 November 2016	Narrabundah Ballpark	W1
Melbourne Aces	1-7	9-2	30 December 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	0-5	18 December 2016	Melbourne Ballpark	L3
					0-5	29 December 2016	Melbourne Ballpark	L3
Perth Heat	4-4	3-0	5 January 2017	Baseball Park	1-5	4 December 2016	Baseball Park	L3
Total	15-24	Adelaide Bite			Adelaide Bite			L3
Total	15-24	13–4	18 November 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	3–15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium	L3

2016–17 Game Log

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
1	18 November	Bite	13-4	C. Anderson	S. Callegari	-	1-0	[1]
2	19 November (DH 1)	Bite	2–0	L. Wilkins	S. Chambers	-	2-0	[2]
3	19 November (DH 2)	Bite	3–2	G. Lim	M. Williams	-	3-0	[3]
4	20 November	Bite	3-7	J. O’Laughlin	A. Sookee	-	3-1	[4]
5	24 November	@ Cavalry	4-8	L. Sosa	T. Foss	-	3-2	[5]
6	25 November	@ Cavalry	10-0	C. Anderson	H. Beard	-	4-2	[6]
7	26 November	@ Cavalry	1-4	J. DeGraaf	L. Wilkins	S. Kent	4-3	[7]
8	27 November	@ Cavalry	11–21	J. Lowery	S. Schueller	-	4-4	[8]

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
9	2 December	Heat	6-4	T. Foss	M. Lee	S. Schueller	5-4	[9]
10	3 December	Heat (DH 1)	2-1	G. Lim	W. Dennis	-	6-4	[10]
11	3 December	Heat (DH 2)	2-1	C. Anderson	T. Bailey	J. Guyer	7-4	[11]
12	4 December	Heat	1-5	D. Schmidt	A. Sookee	-	7-5	[12]
13	9 December	Bandits	0-2	J. Erasmus	T. Foss	R. Searle	7-6	[13]
14	10 December (DH 1)	Bandits	6-2	L. Wilkins	R. Teasley	-	8-6	[14]
15	10 December (DH 2)	Bandits	9-8	J. Guyer	R. Niit	-	9-6	[15]
16	11 December	Bandits	1-5	K. Champlin	C. Oxspring	R. Searle	9-7	[16]
17	16 December	@ Aces	4-5	J. Tols	S. Schueller	-	9-8	[17]
18	17 December	@ Aces	6–7	K. Honda	L. Wilkins	-	9-9	[18]
19	17 December	@ Aces	0-5	D. Ruzic	C. Anderson	-	9-10	[19]
20	18 December	@ Aces	0-5	J. Kennedy	C. Oxspring	-	9-11	[20]
21	29 December	Aces	3-4	M. Hamburger	J. Guyer	P. Moylan	9-12	[21]
22	30 December	Aces	9-2	C. Anderson	J. Guthrie	-	10-12	[22]
23	31 December	Aces	4-6	P. Moylan	S. Schueller	-	10-13	[23]

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Ref
24	1 January	Aces	1-4	J. Kennedy	Y. Katayama	V. Vasquez	10-14	[24]
25	5 January	@ Heat	3-0	T. Foss	C. Lourey	T. Van Steensel	11-14	[25]
26	1 January	@ Heat	7-8	B. Grice	T. Van Steensel	-	11-15	[26]
27	7 January	@ Heat	8-10	M. Lee	T. Grattan	W. Saupold	11-16	[27]
28	8 January	@ Heat	6-7	J. Bowey	A. Sookee	-	11-17	[28]
29	12 January	@ Bandits	4-9	K. Champlin	T. Foss	-	11-18	[29]
30	13 January	@ Bandits	10-9	J. Guyer	Z. Treece	T. Van Steensel	12-18	[30]
31	14 January	@ Bandits	6-7	S. Holland	L. Wilkins	R. Searle	12-19	[31]
32	4 January	@ Bandits	PPD–RAIN	-	-	-	-	[32]
33	20 January	Cavalry	3-5	T. Atherton	G. Lim	-	12-20	[33]
34	21 January (DH 1)	Cavalry	5-1	L. Wilkins	S. Guinard	-	13-20	[34]
35	21 January (DH 2)	Cavalry	1-2	L. Cohen	C. Anderson	S. Kent	13-21	[35]
36	22 January	Cavalry	7-6	Y. Katayama	S. Kent	-	14-21	[36]
37	26 January	@ Bite	5-4	V. Harris	J. O’Loughlin	T. Van Steensel	15-21	[37]
38	27 January	@ Bite	2-5	S. Callegari	C. Anderson	H. Lee	15-22	[38]
39	28 January	@ Bite	3-15	D. Barker	L. Wilkins	-	15-23	[39]
40	29 January	@ Bite	3-4	K. Hampton	Y. Katayama	H. Lee	15-24	[40]
41	30 January	@ Bandits (makeup)	CANCELLED	-	-	-	-	[41]