2012–13 Perth Heat season

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.

2012–13 Perth Heat season
Season:
2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
CityPerth, Western Australia
BallparkBarbagallo Ballpark
Management
ManagerBrooke Knight
OwnerABL
General ManagerAlex Pellerano
Assistant GMLachlan Dale
Local Broadcasting
Radio91.3 SportFM
2013–14 →

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
Key
Clinched Championship Series berth
Clinched Preliminary final berth
2012–13 regular season standings
Team[1]
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Canberra Cavalry 2719.587–14–913–10
Sydney Blue Sox 2619.5780.513–913–10
Perth Heat 2521.5432.013–1012–11
Brisbane Bandits 2322.5113.515–88–14
Adelaide Bite 2125.4576.012–109–14
Melbourne Aces 1531.32612.011–124–19
Notes

    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
    WHeat win
    LHeat loss
    THeat tie
     Game postponed
    BoldHeat 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
    2 2 November @ Bite 13–3 A. Claggett P. Mildren 1,454 2-0
    3 3 November @ Bite 8–4 D. Schmidt R. Olson 1,578 3-0
    4 16 November Aces 3–0 V. Vasquez K. Reese 1,507 4-0
    5 17 November Aces 9–4 A. Claggett H. Koishi 1,619 5-0
    6 18 November Aces 2–12 S. Gibbons S. Mitchinson 1,189 5-1
    7 22 November @ Blue Sox 0–1 M. Williams B. Wise 845 5-2
    8 23 November @ Blue Sox 2–4 T. Atherton A. Claggett M. Williams 1,065 5-3
    9 24 November @ Blue Sox 6–4 S. Mitchinson V. Harris C. Lamb 1,609 6-3
    10 25 November @ Blue Sox 4–3 D. Schmidt T. Cox B. Wise 1,202 7-3
    11 30 November @ Aces 9-2 V. Vasquez K. Reese 584 8-3
    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
    13 1 December (DH 2) @ Aces 8–0 A. Claggett S. Gibbons 1,135 9-4
    14 2 December @ Aces 4–3 D. Schmidt A. Blackley C. Lamb 407 10-4
    15 7 December Bandits 4–6 C. Lofgren V. Vasquez R. Searle 1,303 10-5
    16 8 December (DH 1) Bandits 3–2 S. Mitchinson C. Smith C. Lamb 11-5
    17 8 December (DH 2) Bandits 4–3 M. Zachary J. Erasmus W. Saupold 1,748 12-5
    18 9 December Bandits 1–5 J. Kilby D. Schmidt 1,359 12-6
    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
    RosterInactive RosterCoaching Staff
    Pitchers

    Right-handed pitchers

    Left-handed pitchers

    		 Catchers

    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

    Infielders

    • -- Sam Kennelly

    Outfielders

    • -- Ben Shorto
    		Manager
    • 17 Steven Fish

    Coaches

    Correct as of 22 October 2012.[2]

    References
    1. "2012 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
    2. "Perth Heat Roster". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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