2012–13 Melbourne Aces season

2012–13 Melbourne Aces season

Season: 2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark	Melbourne Ballpark
Management
Manager	Phil Dale
Owner	ABL
General Manager	Windsor Knox
Assistant GM	Director of Operations Rosanne Tarrant
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Aussie Digital
← 2011–12

The 2012–13 Melbourne Aces season will be the third season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Aces will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and for the first time, the team will play its home games at the Melbourne Ballpark.

Offseason

During the offseason, the Aces announced that they were moving their home games from the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds to the Melbourne Ballpark in Altona, Victoria.^[1] The Ballpark, which also hosted Melbourne-based teams in the previous incarnation of the league, will undergo significant improvements before the opening of the season, including the adjustment of fences, and the installation of an open-air beer garden.

Regular season

Standings

Key

†	Clinched Championship Series berth
‡	Clinched postseason berth

2012–13 regular season standings

Team[2]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Canberra Cavalry^†	27	19	.587	–	14–9	13–10
Sydney Blue Sox^‡	26	19	.578	0.5	13–9	13–10
Perth Heat^‡	25	21	.543	2.0	13–10	12–11
Brisbane Bandits	23	22	.511	3.5	15–8	8–14
Adelaide Bite	21	25	.457	6.0	12–10	9–14
Melbourne Aces	15	31	.326	12.0	11–12	4–19

Notes

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	4–7	8–2	18 January 2013	Melbourne Ballpark	1–18	8 December 2012	Norwood Oval	4L
Brisbane Bandits	5–3	6–1	3 January 2013	Melbourne Ballpark	1–6	30 December 2012	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	4W
Canberra Cavalry	3–5	5–0	14 December 2012	Melbourne Ballpark	1–9	13 December 2012	Melbourne Ballpark Ballpark	2L
Perth Heat	2–9	12–2	18 November 2012	Barbagallo Ballpark	1–11	27 January 2013	Barbagallo Ballpark	6L
Sydney Blue Sox	1–7	1–0	21 December 2012	Melbourne Ballpark	3–13	10 January 2013	Blue Sox Stadium	6L
Total	15–31	Perth Heat			Adelaide Bite			6L
		12–2	18 November 2012	Barbagallo Ballpark	1–18	8 December 2012	Norwood Oval

Game log

W	Aces win
L	Aces loss
T	Aces tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Aces team member

2012–13 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 1 9 November Bite 5–1 J. Hussey R. Olsen 1,116 1-0 [3] 2 10 November Bite 0–4 Z. Fuesser H. Koishi 1,228 1-1 [4] 3 11 November Bite 7–2 S. Gibbons P. Mildren 296 2-1 [5] 4 16 November @ Heat 0–3 V. Vasquez K. Reese 1,507 2-2 [6] 5 17 November @ Heat 4–9 A. Claggett H. Koishi 1,619 2-3 [7] 6 18 November @ Heat 12–2 S. Gibbons S. Mitchinson 1,189 3-3 [8] 7 23 November @ Cavalry 5–3 Z. Arneson D. Loggins J. Hussey 1,155 4-3 [9] 8 24 November (DH 1) @ Cavalry 9–10 K. Perkins H. Koishi S. Tole 4-4 [10] 9 24 November (DH 2) @ Cavalry 3–5 M. Fujihara D. McGrath D. Loggins 1,503 4-5 [11] 10 25 November @ Cavalry 8–7 A. Blackley J. Holdzkom J. Hussey 980 5-5 [12] 11 30 November Heat 2-9 V. Vasquez K. Reese 584 5-6 [13]
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 12 1 December (DH 1) Heat 3–1 H. Koishi S. Mitchinson J. Hussey 6-6 [14] 13 1 December (DH 2) Heat 0–8 A. Claggett S. Gibbons 1,135 6-7 [15] 14 2 December Heat 3–4 D. Schmidt A. Blackley C. Lamb 407 6-8 [16] 15 7 December @ Bite 4–10 R. Olson Y. Nakazaki 936 6-9 [17] 16 8 December (DH 1) @ Bite 3–5 A. Kittredge A. Blackley - 6-10 [18] 17 8 December (DH 2) @ Bite 1–18 P. Mildren S. Gibbons 1,504 6-11 [19] 18 9 December @ Bite 8–9 R. Olson Z. Arneson 545 6-12 [20] 19 13 December Cavalry 1–9 B. Grening K. Reese 632 6-13 [21] 20 14 December (DH 1) Cavalry 5–0 H. Koishi R. Dickmann 7-13 [22] 21 14 December (DH 2) Cavalry 8–9 S. Toler Y. Nakazaki 1,136 7-14 [23] 22 15 December Cavalry 0–5 J. Holdzkom S. Gibbons 223 7-15 [24] 23 20 December Blue Sox 1–5 C. Anderson K. Reese 334 7-16 [25] 24 21 December Blue Sox 1–0 H. Koishi C. Oxspring C. Forbes 234 8-16 [26] 25 22 December Blue Sox 3–4 T. Herr A. Blackley M. Williams 424 8-17 [27] 26 23 December Blue Sox 8–10 T. Herr C. Forbes M. Williams 270 8-18 [28] 27 27 December @ Bandits 1–5 C. Lofgren J. Hussey 569 8-19 [29] 28 28 December @ Bandits 0–4 C. Smith K. Reese 614 8-20 [30] 29 29 December @ Bandits 5–3 C. Forbes K. Maso 2,056 9-20 [31] 30 30 December @ Bandits 1–6 J. Schult J. Kennedy 644 9-21 [32]
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 31 3 January Bandits 6–1 K. Reese C. Lofgren 586 10-21 [33] 32 4 January Bandits 7–3 J. Hussey T. Tetsuya C. Forbes 421 11-21 [34] 33 5 January Bandits 2–0 A. Bright R. Searle Z. Arneson 902 12-21 [35] 34 6 January Bandits 5–4 M. Hodge N. Crawford 621 13-21 [36] 35 10 January @ Blue Sox 3–13 C. Oxspring M. Hodge 912 13-22 [37] 36 11 January @ Blue Sox 0–2 C. Anderson J. Hussey M. Williams 1,274 13-23 [38] 37 12 January @ Blue Sox 4–5 B. Thomas A. Bright M. Williams 1,570 13-24 [39] 38 13 January @ Blue Sox 1–4 T. Atherton A. Blackley M. Williams 1,008 13-25 [40] 39 17 January Bite 3–2 J. Hussey Z. Fuesser T. Blackley 764 14-25 [41] 40 18 January Bite 8–2 K. Reese S. Kim 1,143 15-25 [42] 41 19 January Bite 6–12 R. Olson A. Bright 1,411 15-26 [43] 42 20 January Bite 0–9 D. Ruzic A. Blackley 1,144 15-27 [44] 43 24 January @ Heat 3–4 B. Wise Z. Arneson 1,447 15-28 [45] 44 25 January @ Heat 3–11 W. Saupold K. Reese 2,073 15-29 [46] 45 26 January @ Heat 2–6 D. Schmidt J. Kennedy 1,303 15-30 [47] 46 27 January @ Heat 1–11 J. Frawley B. Cunningham 1,893 15-31 [48]

Roster

Melbourne Aces roster - 2012–13 ABL
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 13 Bubbie Buzachero 17 Sam Gibbons 34 John Hussey 32 Andrew Mann 28 Kevin Reese Left-handed pitchers 22 Adam Blackley 11 Adam Bright 45 Jon Kennedy 1 Hirotaka Koishi 6 Daniel McGrath 5 Yuta Nakazaki ? Matt Wilson		Catchers 30 Liam Bedford 27 Shota Nakata 62 Jarryd Rogers Infielders 37 Ryan Dale 12 Josh Davies 16 Darryl George 8 Brad Harman 46 Joshua Hendricks 6 Aaron Sayers 7 Scott Wearne ? Hyunki Yun Outfielders 33 Elliot Biddle 26 Justin Huber 44 Carlo Testa		Pitchers Left Handed Pitchers 18 Dean McIntyre ? Lewis Thorpe Right Handed Pitchers 47 Zachary Arneson 41 Cameron Forbes 41 Alex Da Silva ? Campbell Wiggins Catchers Nil Infielders 35 Nicholas Spence Outfielders 40 John Edwards ? Ben Leslie]]		Manager 43 Phil Dale Coaches 19 Phil Allen (Hitting Coach) 33 Russ Spear (Pitching Coach) -- Stephen Black (Coach) -- Neil Burke (Coach) -- Mitsuharu Nagayama (Coach) -- Jonathan Schuerholz (Coach) 20 Damian Shanahan (Coach)
Current as of 4 December 2012.

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