2015–16 Sydney Blue Sox season

2015–16 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	26–29 (.473)
Place	4th
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM

The 2015–16 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.

Regular season

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Brisbane Bandits	56	37	19	—	.661	23–5	14–14	Championship Series
Canberra Cavalry	56	31	25	6	.554	18–10	13–15	Preliminary final
Adelaide Bite	56	30	26	7	.536	18–10	12–16
Sydney Blue Sox	55	26	29	10.5	.473	18–9	8–20
Perth Heat	56	23	33	14	.411	12–16	11–17
Melbourne Aces	55	20	35	16.5	.364	10–18	10–17

Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	4-8	9-2	2 January 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	1-7	1 January 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	W3
		7-0	3 January 2016	Blue Sox Stadium
Brisbane Bandits	5-7	5-1	26 November 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	2-10	27 December 2015	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	L3
		5-1	28 November 2015	Blue Sox Stadium
		6-2	29 November 2015	Blue Sox Stadium
Canberra Cavalry	6-5	8-0	11 December 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	3-14	7 November 2015	Narrabundah Ballpark	L1
Melbourne Aces	7-4	5-0	19 December 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	3-7	19 December 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	W2
Perth Heat	4-4	6-1	31 October 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	5-10	22 November 2015	Baseball Park	L1
Total	26-29	Canberra Cavalry			Canberra Cavalry			W2
		8–0	11 December 2015	Blue Sox Stadium	3–14	7 November 2015	Narrabundah Ballpark

Game log

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

2015–16 Game Log
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 1 23 October @ Aces (DH 1) 0-3 M. Larkins W. Lundgren W. Wu 0-1 [1] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 2 24 October @ Aces (DH 1) 7-3 B. Zywicki J. Kennedy - 1-1 [2] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3 24 October @ Aces (DH 2) 2-4 Y. Sano C. Letourneau T. Yamaguchi 1-2 [3] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 4 25 October @ Aces 6-4 T. Grattan M. Wilson - 2-2 [4] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 5 30 October Heat 1-4 D. Schmidt W. Lundgren M. Taylor 2-3 [5] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 6 31 October Heat (DH 1) 6-1 A. Balog J. Jones - 3-3 [6] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 7 31 October Heat (DH 2) 3-2 C. Drummond S. Mitchinson - 4-3 [7] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 8 1 November Heat 3-5 E. Valle G. Lim - 4-4 [8] Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 9 5 November @ Cavalry PPD - RAIN - - - - [9] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 10 6 November @ Cavalry 0-9 B. Grening W. Lundgren - 4-5 [10] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 11 7 November @ Cavalry (DH 1) 6-0 A. Balog W. Korpi - 5-5 [11] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 12 7 November @ Cavalry (DH 2) 3-14 S. Kent C. Anderson - 5-6 [12] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 13 8 November @ Cavalry 11-10 M. Click C. Drummond - 5-7 [13] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 14 12 November Bite PPD - RAIN - - - - [14] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 15 13 November Bite PPD - RAIN - - - - [15] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 16 14 November Bite (DH 1) PPD - RAIN - - - - [16] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 17 14 November Bite (DH 2) PPD - RAIN - - - - [17] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 18 15 November Bite (DH 1) 3-6 S. Chambers A. Balog K. Kerski 5-8 [18] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 19 15 November Bite (DH 2) 0-4 N. Talbot W. Lundgren - 5-9 [19] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 20 20 November @ Heat 7-4 A. Balog D. Schmidt C. Drummond 6-9 [20] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 21 21 November @ Heat (DH 1) 1-2 T. Bailey M. Rae - 6-10 [21] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 22 21 November @ Heat (DH 2) 5-4 C. Anderson J. Jones C. Drummond 7-10 [22] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 23 22 November @ Heat 5-10 N. Veale J. Stoecklin - 7-11 [23] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 24 26 November Bandits 5-1 A. Balog R. Teasley - 8-11 [24] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 25 27 November Bandits 8-5 W. Lundgren J. Jarvis C. Drummond 9-11 [25] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 26 28 November Bandits 5-1 C. Anderson T. Baker L. Wilkins 10-11 [26] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 27 29 November Bandits 6-2 J. Stoecklin J. Erasmus - 11-11 [27] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 28 3 December @ Bite 0-4 S. Chambers A. Balog - 11-12 [28] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 29 4 December @ Bite 3-6 H. Lee M. Rae L. Van Mil 11-13 [29] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 30 5 December @ Bite (DH 1) 3-4 J. Tols L. Wilkins K. Kerski 11-14 [30] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 31 5 December @ Bite (DH 2) 11-13 C. Dula G. Lim L. Van Mil 11-15 [31] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 32 6 December @ Bite 14-9 J. Stoecklin W. Lee - 12-15 [32] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 33 11 December Cavalry 8-0 A. Balog B. Grening - 13-15 [33] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 34 12 December Cavalry 11-7 L. Wilkins W. Korpi - 14-15 [34] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 35 13 December Cavalry 6-1 C. Anderson S. Kent - 15-15 [35] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 36 14 December Cavalry 8-2 J. Stoecklin S. Cone - 16-15 [36] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 37 18 December Aces 5-3 M. Rae J. Kennedy C. Drummond 17-15 [37] Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 38 19 December Aces (DH 1) 5-0 C. Anderson Y. Sano - 18-15 [38] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 39 19 December Aces (DH 2) 3-7 M. Larkins J. Stoecklin - 18-16 [39] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 40 20 December Aces 5-3 W. Lundgren M. McGillivray C. Drummond 19-16 [40] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 41 26 December @ Bandits 5-7 J. Jarvis C. Anderson R. Searle 19-17 [41] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 42 27 December @ Bandits 2-10 J. Erasmus W. Lundgren [42] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 43 28 December @ Bandits 0-3 R. Teasley L. Wells R. Searle 19-19 [43] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 44 29 December @ Bandits 9-11 T. Stanton A. Sookee R. Searle 19-20 [44] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 45 31 December Bite 3-8 S. Chambers M. Rae - 19-21 [45] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 46 1 January Bite 1-7 J. Tols C. Anderson - 19-22 [46] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 47 2 January Bite (DH 1) 7-6 A. Sookee L. Van Mil T. Van Steensel 20-22 [47] Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 48 2 January Bite (DH 2) 9-2 W. Lundgren D. Gallant - 21-22 [48] Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 49 3 January Bite 7-0 J. Stoecklin M. Williams - 22-22 [49] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 50 7 January @ Bandits 6-3 C. Anderson R. Niit T. Van Steensel 23-22 [50] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 51 8 January @ Bandits 8-13 J. Jarvis W. Lundgren - 23-23 [51] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 52 9 January @ Bandits 7-8 R. Searle A. Sookee - 23-24 [52] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 53 10 January @ Bandits 4-10 J. Erasmus J. Stoecklin T. Stanton 23-25 [53] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 54 14 January @ Cavalry PPD - RAIN - - - - [54] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 55 15 January @ Cavalry 2-3 B. Grening B. Zywicki M. Click 23-26 [55] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 56 16 January @ Cavalry (DH 1) 2-0 L. Wells S. Kent T. Van Steensel 24-26 [56] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 57 16 January @ Cavalry (DH 2) 4-7 L. Cohen W. Lundgren M. Click 24-27 [57] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 58 17 January @ Cavalry 0-5 S. Cone J. Stoecklin - 24-28 [58] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 59 21 January Aces PPD - RAIN - - - - [59] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 60 22 January Aces PPD - RAIN - - - - [60] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 61 23 January Aces (DH 1) 3-6 S. Street C. Anderson - 24-29 [61] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 62 23 January Aces (DH 2) 4-2 V. Harris M. Larkins T. Van Steensel 25-29 [62] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 63 24 January Aces 10-8 A. Sookee T. Marks T. Van Steensel 26-29 [63] Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2014–15 ABL
Active Roster				Reserve Players		Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 13 Vaughan Harris  1 Gyoung-Wan Lim 44 Wayne Lundgren  5 Adam O'Neill  4 Aaron Sookee 41 Jan-Niclas Stoecklin 49 Keiji Uezono 21 Todd Van Steensel 47 Brandon Zywicki Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 16 Grant Piccoli 18 Matthew Rae 29 Lachlan Wells		Catchers 50 Michael Quesada 10 Jake Webster Infielders  8 Tyler Bortnick 28 Max Brennen 11 Trent D’Antonio 14 Joshua Dean 38 Rhys Hoskins 34 Jacob Younis Outfielders 45 Grant Heyman 12 Alex Howe 25 David Kandilas  3 Matthew Smith 22 Joshua Strong		Pitchers 35 Alex Balog 22 Calvin Drummond 32 Todd Grattan 46 Charles Letourneau 26 Luke Wilkins Catchers 39 Guy Edmonds 49 James Philibossian 23 Will Swanner Infielders 51 Brad Callaghan 23 Jamie Westbrook 38 James Yates Outfielders — Chuck Taylor		Manager Jason Pospishil Coaches Nathan Wright (Coach) Jim Colborn (Pitching Coach)  : 7-day disabled list  : reassigned
5 September 2017