2012–13 Perth Heat season

2012–13 Perth Heat
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Barbagallo Ballpark
City	Perth, Western Australia
Record	25–21 (.543)
Place	3rd
Owner	ABL
General manager	Alex Pellerano
Manager	Brooke Knight
Radio	91.3 SportFM

The 2012–13 Perth Heat season will be the third season for the team. The Heat will once again compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at Barbagallo Ballpark.

The Heat will also be defending the ABL Championship title, having won the previous season's Championship Series, and over the course of the season, will represent Australia in the 2012 Asia Series.

Offseason

In 2012, for the second consecutive year, the Heat will represent Australia in the Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China. The Heat qualified as winners of the 2012 ABL Championship Series. To date, the Heat is the only team to represent Australia in the Asia Series.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canberra Cavalry	46	27	19	.587	—	Advance to Championship Series
2	Sydney Blue Sox	45	26	19	.578	0.5	Advance to Preliminary final
3	Perth Heat	46	25	21	.543	2
4	Brisbane Bandits	45	23	22	.511	3.5
5	Adelaide Bite	46	21	25	.457	6
6	Melbourne Aces	46	15	31	.326	12

Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	3–0	13–3	2 November 2012	Norwood Oval	–			3W
Brisbane Bandits	2–2	3–2 4-3	8 December 2012 8 December 2012	Barbagallo Ballpark	1–5	9 December 2012	Barbagallo Ballpark	1L
Canberra Cavalry	–	–			–
Melbourne Aces	5–2	8–0	1 December 2012	Melbourne Ballpark	2–12	18 November	Barbagallo Ballpark	2W
Sydney Blue Sox	2–2	6–4	24 November 2012	Blue Sox Stadium	2–4	23 November 2012	Blue Sox Stadium	2W
Total	12-6	Adelaide Bite			Melbourne Aces			1L
		13-3	2 November 2012	Norwood Oval	2–12	18 November 2012	Barbagallo Ballpark

Game log

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

2012–13 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 1 1 November @ Bite 9–3 V. Vasquez Z. Fuesser 874 1-0 [1] 2 2 November @ Bite 13–3 A. Claggett P. Mildren 1,454 2-0 [2] 3 3 November @ Bite 8–4 D. Schmidt R. Olson 1,578 3-0 [3] 4 16 November Aces 3–0 V. Vasquez K. Reese 1,507 4-0 [4] 5 17 November Aces 9–4 A. Claggett H. Koishi 1,619 5-0 [5] 6 18 November Aces 2–12 S. Gibbons S. Mitchinson 1,189 5-1 [6] 7 22 November @ Blue Sox 0–1 M. Williams B. Wise 845 5-2 [7] 8 23 November @ Blue Sox 2–4 T. Atherton A. Claggett M. Williams 1,065 5-3 [8] 9 24 November @ Blue Sox 6–4 S. Mitchinson V. Harris C. Lamb 1,609 6-3 [9] 10 25 November @ Blue Sox 4–3 D. Schmidt T. Cox B. Wise 1,202 7-3 [10] 11 30 November @ Aces 9-2 V. Vasquez K. Reese 584 8-3 [11]
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 12 1 December (DH 1) @ Aces 1–3 H. Koishi S. Mitchinson J. Hussey 8-4 [12] 13 1 December (DH 2) @ Aces 8–0 A. Claggett S. Gibbons 1,135 9-4 [13] 14 2 December @ Aces 4–3 D. Schmidt A. Blackley C. Lamb 407 10-4 [14] 15 7 December Bandits 4–6 C. Lofgren V. Vasquez R. Searle 1,303 10-5 [15] 16 8 December (DH 1) Bandits 3–2 S. Mitchinson C. Smith C. Lamb 11-5 [16] 17 8 December (DH 2) Bandits 4–3 M. Zachary J. Erasmus W. Saupold 1,748 12-5 [17] 18 9 December Bandits 1–5 J. Kilby D. Schmidt 1,359 12-6 [18] 19 13 December Blue Sox – 20 14 December (DH 1) Blue Sox – 21 14 December (DH 2) Blue Sox – 22 15 December Blue Sox – 23 21 December @ Bite – 24 22 December (DH 1) @ Bite – 25 22 December (DH 2) @ Bite – 26 23 December @ Bite – 27 28 December Cavalry – 28 29 December Cavalry – 29 30 December Cavalry – 30 31 December Cavalry –
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 31 3 January @ Cavalry – 32 4 January @ Cavalry – 33 5 January @ Cavalry – 34 6 January @ Cavalry – 35 10 January Bite – 36 11 January Bite – 37 12 January Bite – 38 13 January Bite – 39 18 January @ Bandits – 40 19 January (DH 1) @ Bandits – 41 19 January (DH 1) @ Bandits – 42 20 January @ Bandits – 43 24 January Aces – 44 25 January Aces – 45 26 January Aces – 46 27 January Aces –

Roster

Perth Heat roster - 2012–13 ABL
Roster				Inactive Roster		Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 28 Anthony Claggett 32 Benn Grice -- Lucas Irvine 23 Tim Kennelly  9 Cameron Lamb 38 Adam Millson 35 Scott Mitchinson -- Todd Murphy -- Jay Pacella 30 Warwick Saupold 19 Robert Sorensen 44 Virgil Vasquez  6 Dean White 14 Matt Zachary Left-handed pitchers 13 Liam Baron 26 Daniel Schmidt		Catchers 11 Allan de San Miguel -- Josh Kennelly  7 Matt Kennelly 37 Michael Ohlman Infielders 31 Carter Bell  3 Aaron Bonomi 10 Lachlan Dale 16 Luke Hughes -- Josh McGee Outfielders  5 Corey Adamson -- Steven Bumbry -- Adam Courcha 33 Elliot Hargreaves -- Adam Melker  8 Graeme Scorer		Pitchers -- Liam Hendriks 21 Brendan Wise Infielders -- Sam Kennelly Outfielders -- Ben Shorto		Manager 17 Steven Fish Coaches 44 Greg Jelks (Hitting Coach) 27 Graeme Lloyd (Pitching Coach) 25 Rick Steven (First Base Coach)
Correct as of 22 October 2012.