2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox season

November 2022 November 2022 Sports October 2023 January 2018 January 2018 2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox Australian Baseball League Blue sox.png 20 25 y 4th Blacktown, New South Wales Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney Glenn Williams ABL David Balfour Triple H FM The 2011–12 Sydney Blue Sox season will be the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Blue Sox will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney. The team will be defending its record from the 2010–11 season where it had the best win–loss record during the regular season. Offseason In July 2011, David Welch announced his retirement from professional baseball.David Welch retires http://thebaseballdigest.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/david-welch-retires/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721082427/http://thebaseballdigest.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/david-welch-retires/ dead 21 July 2011 The AustralianBaseballDigest 22 August 2011 18 July 2011 During the Blue Sox' inaugural season, he won the league's Pitcher of the Year award, and threw the first no-hitter in the league's history during the preliminary final series against the Adelaide Bite, accounting for the team's only win during the postseason.Welch Wins Pitcher of the Year http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110211&content_id=16614726&vkey=news_l595&fext=.jsp&sid=l595 Australian Baseball League 22 August 2011 11 February 2011 12 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110212164459/http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110211&content_id=16614726&vkey=news_l595&fext=.jsp&sid=l595 dead Also in July, an announcement was made that the name of the sporting complex the Blue Sox use for home games was changed from Blacktown Olympic Park to Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney. In other national sporting competitions, the complex serves as the training base for the Greater Western Sydney Giants team in the Australian Football League.Welcome to Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney http://www.blacktownsportspark.com.au/media-gallery/2011/welcome-to-blacktown-international-sportspark-sydney.cfm Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney 22 August 2011 1 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331013734/http://www.blacktownsportspark.com.au/media-gallery/2011/welcome-to-blacktown-international-sportspark-sydney.cfm 31 March 2012 dead dmy-all Regular season Standings SYD Record vs opponents Opponent W–LRecord Largest Victory Largest Defeat CurrentStreak Score Date Ground Score Date Ground ADE – – – BRI 1–3 6–4 10 Nov 2011 Brisbane Exhibition Ground 10–0 (F/7) 11 Nov 2011 Brisbane Exhibition Ground L3 CAN – – – MEL 3–1 8–6 5 Nov 2011 Blue Sox Stadium 13–9 5 Nov 2011 Blue Sox Stadium W1 PER – – – Total 4–4 Against MEL c & BRI c Against BRI L3 8–66–4 5 Nov 201110 Nov 2011 Blue Sox StadiumBrisbane Exhibition Ground 10–0 (F/7) 11 Nov 2011 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Game log W Blue Sox win L Blue Sox loss T Blue Sox tie   Game postponed Bold Blue Sox team member Sydney Blue Sox 2010–11 Game Log y Sydney Blue Sox November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | 4 November | MEL m | W 3–2 | Chris Oxspring (1–0) | Daniel McGrath (0–1) | | 1,193 | 1–0 | Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_04_melwin_sydwin_1 Australian Baseball League 4 November 2011 4 November 2011 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | 5 November (DH 1) | MEL m | W 8–6 | Matthew Williams (1–0) | Andrew Mann (0–1) | Koo Dae-Sung (1) | — | 2–0 | Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_05_melwin_sydwin_1 Australian Baseball League 6 November 2011 5 November 2011 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 3 | 5 November (DH 2) | MEL m | L 13–9 | Blake Cunningham (1–0) | Josh Wells (0–1) | | 1,295 | 2–1 | Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_05_melwin_sydwin_2 Australian Baseball League 6 November 2011 5 November 2011 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 4 | 6 November | MEL m | W 2–0 | Chris Oxspring (2–0) | Sam Gibbons (0–1) | | 1,425 | 3–1 | Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_06_melwin_sydwin_1 Australian Baseball League 6 November 2011 6 November 2011 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 5 | 10 November | @ BRI m | W 6–4 | Craig Anderson (1–0) | Simon Morriss (0–2) | Koo Dae-Sung (2) | 803 | 4–1 | Sydney @ Brisbane boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_10_sydwin_briwin_1 Australian Baseball League 14 November 2011 10 November 2011 6 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150606202234/http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_10_sydwin_briwin_1 dead |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 6 | 11 November | @ BRI m | L 10–0 (F/7) | Alex Maestri (2–0) | Wayne Lundgren (0–1) | | 1,030 | 4–2 | Sydney @ Brisbane boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_11_sydwin_briwin_1 Australian Baseball League 14 November 2011 11 November 2011 6 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150606202215/http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_11_sydwin_briwin_1 dead |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 7 | 12 November | @ BRI m | L 2–0 | Yohei Yanagawa (1–0) | Aiden Francis (0–1) | Chris Mowday (2) | 1,353 | 4–3 | Sydney @ Brisbane boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_12_sydwin_briwin_1 Australian Baseball League 14 November 2011 12 November 2011 6 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150606144752/http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_12_sydwin_briwin_1 dead |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 8 | 13 November | @ BRI m | L 2–1 | Chris Mowday (1–1) | Chris Oxspring (2–1) | | 640 | 4–4 | Sydney @ Brisbane boxscore http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_13_sydwin_briwin_1 Australian Baseball League 14 November 2011 13 November 2011 6 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150606145933/http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l595&t=g_box&gid=2011_11_13_sydwin_briwin_1 dead |- | 9 | 17 November | PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 10 | 18 November (DH 1) | PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 11 | 18 November (DH 2) | PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 12 | 19 November | PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 13 | 24 November | @ ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 14 | 25 November | @ ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 15 | 26 November (DH 1) | @ ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 16 | 26 November (DH 2) | @ ADE m | – | | | | | | |- y Sydney Blue Sox December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref |- | 17 | 1 December | BRI m | – | | | | | | |- | 18 | 2 December (DH 1) | BRI m | – | | | | | | |- | 19 | 2 December (DH 2) | BRI m | – | | | | | | |- | 20 | 3 December | BRI m | – | | | | | | |- | 21 | 4 December | BRI m | – | | | | | | |- | 22 | 15 December | CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 23 | 16 December | CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 24 | 17 December | CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 25 | 18 December | CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 26 | 29 December | @ MEL m | – | | | | | | |- | 27 | 30 December | @ MEL m | – | | | | | | |- | 28 | 31 December (DH 1) | @ MEL m | – | | | | | | |- | 29 | 31 December (DH 2) | @ MEL m | – | | | | | | |- y Sydney Blue Sox January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref |- | 30 | 1 January | @ MEL m | – | | | | | | |- | 31 | 5 January | @ CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 32 | 6 January | @ CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 33 | 7 January (DH 1) | @ CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 34 | 7 January (DH 2) | @ CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 35 | 8 January | @ CAN m | – | | | | | | |- | 36 | 11 January | ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 37 | 12 January | ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 38 | 13 January | ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 39 | 14 January | ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 40 | 15 January | ADE m | – | | | | | | |- | 41 | 18 January | @ PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 42 | 19 January | @ PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 43 | 20 January | @ PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 44 | 21 January | @ PER m | – | | | | | | |- | 45 | 22 January | @ PER m | – | | | | | | |- Roster Sydney Blue Sox 2011–12 ABL #56A0D3 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF Roster Inactive Roster Coaching staff 32 AUS Todd Grattan 13 AUS Vaughan Harris 24 AUS Lee Ingram 36 AUS Wayne Lundgren 35 AUS Chris Oxspring 31 GBR Josh Wells 19 AUS Matthew Williams 41 AUS Craig Anderson 26 AUS Aiden Francis 30 KOR Koo Dae-Sung  1 AUS Matthew Rae 33 AUS Craig Cant 11 AUS Trent D'Antonio 23 AUS Alex Johnson 14 AUS Joshua Dean 16 AUS Michael Lysaught 20 AUS Patrick Maat  2 AUS Shannon Pender 34 AUS Jacob Younis 22 USA Tyler Collins 27 NZL Boss Moanaroa  8 NZL Moko Moanaroa15px|alt=Disabled list  3 AUS Trent Schmutter Pitchers -- SAF Alessio Angelucci -- AUS Matt Bennett -- AUS Ryan Rowland-Smith -- AUS Aaron Sookee -- AUS Tim Stanford -- AUS Jarryd Sullivan -- AUS Brad Thomas -- AUS Rich Thompson -- AUS Brad Tippett -- AUS Todd Van Steensel -- AUS David Welch Catchers -- AUS Guy Edmonds Infielders -- AUS Mark Holland -- RSA Gift Ngoepe Outfielders -- USA Breland Brown -- AUS Mitch Dening -- AUS David Kandilas -- AUS Trent Oeltjen 21 USA Kevin Boles 35 AUS Chris Oxspring (Pitching Coach)  7 AUS Graheme Cassel (Coach)  6 AUS Jason Pospishil (Coach) 18 AUS Glenn Williams (Coach) 15px|alt=Disabled list : 7-day disabled list Correct as of 8 November 2011. 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