2010–11 
BallparkBlacktown Olympic Park
CitySydney, New South Wales
OwnerABL
ManagerGlenn Williams
RadioTriple H FM

The 2010–11 Sydney Blue Sox season was the inaugural season for the team, as one of six foundation teams in the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The team finished the regular season with a win–loss record of 24–15; the best record in the league. During the postseason, the Blue Sox lost the major semi-final series to the Perth Heat 2–0, and were then eliminated from championship contention in the preliminary final series when they lost to the Adelaide Bite 2–1.

Regular season

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Monthly summaries

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November

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The Sydney Blue Sox hosted the opening game of the ABL on 6 November, against the Canberra Cavalry at Blacktown Olympic Park. During the 1–0 victory, a number of firsts for the league were recorded: Chris Oxspring threw the first strikeout, retiring Moon Kyu-Hyun; Tim Auty got the first hit, a single off the pitching of Steven Kent, as well as the first stolen base and scored the first run; Mitch Dening got the first run batted in; and Wayne Lundgren was credited with the first win, Heo Jun-Hyeok with the first loss, and Koo Dae-Sung with the first save.[1]

The following weekend, the four-game series against the Cavalry was completed. The Blue Sox secured the series win with a 13–3 win in game three after seven innings,[2] the first game to be called early under the League's run differential rule, a duplicate of that used by the International Baseball Federation. Sydney completed the series sweep the following day with their fourth consecutive win, ensuring them a joint-lead with the Adelaide Bite at the end of the first round.[3]

Sydney's first road-trip took them to the Brisbane Exhibition Ground to face the Brisbane Bandits. Despite a 3-run home run from Alex Johnson in the 5th inning, it wasn't enough to counter a team record 15 hits from the Bandits, resulting in the Blue Sox' first lost of the season 9–5.[4] In Sydney's first scheduled doubleheader, the first game due to go only 7 innings eventually went 12 before Brisbane won 4–3. In the shortened second game, Chris Oxspring threw a 1-hit shutout on the way to a 4–0 win to split the doubleheader.[5] Craig Anderson recorded his first win of the season after pitching 7 scoreless innings to lead the Blue Sox to a 2–0 win and a series split with the Bandits.[6] The split allowed Sydney to share the position of league leaders with the Adelaide Bite at the end of the second round.[7]

December

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January

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Standings

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2010–11 regular season standings
Team Pld HW HL AW AL GB PCT Qualification
Sydney Blue Sox 39 12 7 12 8 .615[a] Major semi final berth
Perth Heat 40 10 10 14 6 0.5 .600
Adelaide Bite 40 15 5 8 12 1.5 .575[b][c] Minor semi final berth
Melbourne Aces 39 11 9 7 12 6 .462[a]
Brisbane Bandits 36 6 10 8 12 8.5 .389[c]
Canberra Cavalry 36 11 9 1 15 10.5 .333[b]
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The third game played between Sydney and Melbourne in round 4 was called a tie with a score of 1–1 under ABL rule 5-6-8. The result is not counted towards the teams' standings. A game postponed from round 4, held in round 5, was played with the Melbourne Aces as the away team and the Sydney Blue Sox as the home team, despite being played at the Melbourne Showgrounds.
  2. ^ a b A game postponed from round 4, held in round 7, was played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Canberra Cavalry as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.
  3. ^ a b Two games postponed from round 5, held in round 10, were played with the Adelaide Bite as the away team and the Brisbane Bandits as the home team, despite being played at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

Record vs opponents

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Opponent W–L
Record
Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Bite 7–4 8–0 4 Feb 2011 Blacktown Olympic Park 7–3 18 Dec 2010 Coopers Stadium L2
Brisbane Bandits 4–4 4–0 19 Nov 2010 Brisbane Exhibition Ground 12–3 (F/11) 27 Nov 2010 Blacktown Olympic Park W1
Canberra Cavalry 7–1 13–3 (F/7) 13 Nov 2010 Blacktown Olympic Park 5–1 20 Jan 2011 Narrabundah Ballpark W3
Melbourne Aces 3–4 4–1 11 Dec 2010 Melbourne Showgrounds 18–3 (F/7) 12 Dec 2010 Melbourne Showgrounds L2
Perth Heat 4–6 8–1 30 Dec 2010 Baseball Park 6–0 28 Jan 2011 Blacktown Olympic Park L6
Total 25–19 Against Canberra Cavalry Against Melbourne Aces L2
13–3 (F/7) 13 Nov 2010 Blacktown Olympic Park 18–3 (F/7) 12 Dec 2010 Melbourne Showgrounds

Game log

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W Blue Sox win
L Blue Sox loss
T Blue Sox tie
  Game postponed
Bold Blue Sox team member
2010–11 Game Log
Notes
  1. ^ Called due to rain.
  2. ^ Sydney played as home team, as a makeup game from 4 December.

Statistics

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Denotes led the league for that category[51][52]
Denotes led the team for that category[53]
Bold + italic Outright leader
Italic Tied leader
Minimum standard for batting titles:
2.7 PAs per team game (108 PAs for 40 games)
Minimum standard for pitching titles:
0.8 IP per team game (32 IP for 40 games)

Batting

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Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E
Tim Auty 18 55 8 9 1 0 0 5 10 9 10 2 1 .277 .182 .164 .459 0
Trent D'Antonio 39 142 20 34 9 0 1 12 46 24 26 9 4 .365 .324 .239 .689 5
Joshua Dean 32 83 12 25 7 0 1 11 35 9 15 1 1 .370 .422 .301 .791 4
Mitch Dening 38 134 14 27 4 0 4 19 43 17 29 2 0 .299 .321 .201 .620 3
Andrew Graham 26 87 5 14 5 0 0 3 19 5 9 1 0 .207 .218 .161 .425 3
Mark Holland 31 94 15 20 6 1 1 7 31 14 20 1 1 .315 .330 .213 .645 5
Alex Johnson 36 128 16 35 10 0 7 26 66 10 30 0 0 .326 .516 .273 .842 1
David Kandilas 31 84 15 23 4 0 0 10 27 16 10 5 1 .398 .321 .274 .719 3
Brendan Kingman 4 11 2 5 1 0 2 5 12 2 2 0 0 .538 1.091 .455 1.629 0
Michael Lysaught 40 135 22 34 7 0 4 16 53 9 39 7 6 .291 .393 .252 .683 11
Patrick Maat 29 102 12 20 6 0 1 10 29 10 30 0 1 .281 .284 .196 .565 2
Boss Moanaroa 23 79 8 22 7 0 4 12 41 8 22 0 0 .341 .519 .278 .860 1
Moko Moanaroa 7 24 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 8 0 0 .192 .167 .125 .359 0
Trent Oeltjen 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 .125 .000 .000 .125 0
Shannon Pender 10 23 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 3 10 1 1 .231 .130 .130 .361 4
Trent Schmutter 29 98 15 31 5 0 1 12 39 13 26 0 1 .396 .398 .316 .794 2
Jacob Younis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Pitching

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Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF
Craig Anderson 3 2 2.23 7 7 0 0 0 44+13 46 13 11 2 1 6 29 1.17 0 0
Paul Anderson 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 2+23 11 9 8 2 0 0 3 4.12 0 1
Shane Benson 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 2.50 0 1
Todd Grattan 1 0 3.15 8 0 0 0 0 20 18 7 7 1 2 8 15 1.30 1 2
Vaughan Harris 2 2 3.66 8 2 1 1 0 19+23 17 9 8 3 2 10 16 1.37 2 2
Koo Dae-Sung 2 1 1.00 18 0 0 0 12 27 14 4 3 0 2 8 30 0.81 0 18
Wayne Lundgren 4 4 5.30 11 10 0 0 0 52+23 60 33 31 2 6 17 45 1.46 0 0
Chris Oxspring 4 2 2.23 11 11 1 1 0 68+23 55 21 17 3 1 14 71 1.00 0 0
Matthew Rae 0 1 5.68 4 0 0 0 0 6+13 7 4 4 1 0 7 4 2.21 0 4
Aaron Sookee 1 0 24.92 4 0 0 0 0 4+13 13 12 12 2 0 5 2 4.15 0 0
Jarryd Sullivan 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 7+23 4 2 0 0 0 3 7 0.91 0 3
Rich Thompson 1 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 3 0 1 0 4 2.00 0 1
Todd Van Steensel 0 1 7.94 6 0 0 0 0 11+13 16 10 10 3 0 6 7 1.94 0 3
David Welch 5 0 1.44 11 10 2 1 0 62+13 49 17 10 1 2 9 59 0.93 0 0
Matthew Williams 0 2 2.30 8 0 0 0 0 15+23 22 10 4 1 0 8 15 1.91 3 1

Postseason

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Semi-Final Series
27–28 January 2011
Premliminary Final Series
4–6 February 2011
Championship Series
11–13 February 2011
1 Sydney Blue Sox02 Perth Heat2
2 Perth Heat23 Adelaide Bite1
1 Sydney Blue Sox1
3 Adelaide Bite2
3 Adelaide Bite2
4 Melbourne Aces0

Major semi-final series

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The Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Perth Heat in the major semi-final series at Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox and Heat split their season series 4–4. This included back-to-back sweeps for each team, with Perth winning the second of the two series, played in Sydney.[54]

Game 1

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27 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Perth Heat 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 0
Sydney Blue Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1
WP: Benn Grice (1–0)   LP: Chris Oxspring (0–1)   Sv: Brendan Wise (1)
Home runs:
PER: Matt Kennelly (1)
SYD: Brendan Kingman (1)
Attendance: 1,002
Boxscore

Game 2

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28 January 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sydney Blue Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Perth Heat 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 X 6 6 0
WP: Trevor Caughey (1–0)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (0–1)
Attendance: 1,350
Boxscore

Preliminary final series

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As a result of losing the major semi-final series, Sydney hosted the preliminary final series against the Adelaide Bite.[55][56] The Blue Sox had won the season series with the Bite 6–2, which included Sydney sweeping the second 4-game series at home.[57][58]

Game 1

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4 February 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sydney Blue Sox 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 8 12 3
WP: David Welch (1–0)   LP: Mark Brackman (1–1)
Home runs:
ADE: None
SYD: Trent D'Antonio (1)
Attendance: 1,162
Boxscore

Game 2

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5 February 2011 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sydney Blue Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Adelaide Bite 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 4 13 0
WP: Brandon Maurer (1–0)   LP: Wayne Lundgren (0–2)
Attendance: 1,515
Boxscore

Game 3

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6 February 2011 13:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney (F/15)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E
Adelaide Bite 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 15 1
Sydney Blue Sox 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 3
WP: Mark Brackman (2–1)   LP: Koo Dae-Sung (0–1)
Attendance: 742
Boxscore

Roster

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Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2010–11 ABL
Roster Coaching staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Correct as of 29 May 2011.[59][60]
* - Opening day starters

Awards

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Player Award(s) Ref
Alex Johnson Player of the Week, Round 2 [61]
Koo Dae-Sung Reliever of the Year [62]
Pitcher of the Week, Round 10[A 1] [63]
Wayne Lundgren Pitcher of the Week, Round 4 [64]
Boss Moanoroa Player of the Week, Round 6[A 2] [65]
Chris Oxspring Pitcher of the Week, Round 2 [61]
Trent Schmutter Rookie of the Year [66]
David Welch Pitcher of the Year [67]
Pitcher of the Week, Round 3 [68]
Pitcher of the Week, Round 6[A 3] [65]
Notes
  1. ^ Koo Dae-Sung shared the Pitcher of the Week award with Brandon Maurer from the Adelaide Bite.
  2. ^ The Player of the Week award was given to two players for round 6, as the round was scheduled for more than one week.
  3. ^ The Pitcher of the Week award was given to two players for round 6, as the round was scheduled for more than one week.

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