# 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.
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 | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to Preliminary final |
| 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 | |

#### Record vs opponents

| Opponent | W–L Record | Largest Victory | Largest Victory | Largest Victory | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Current Streak |
| Opponent | W–L Record | Score | Date | Ground | Score | Date | Ground | Current Streak |
| 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 | Adelaide Bite | Adelaide Bite | Melbourne Aces | Melbourne Aces | Melbourne Aces | 1L |
| Total | 12-6 | 13-3 | 2 November 2012 | Norwood Oval | 2–12 | 18 November 2012 | Barbagallo Ballpark | 1L |

### Game log

| W | Heat win |
| L | Heat loss |
| T | Heat tie |
| | Game postponed |
| Bold | Heat team member |
2012–13 Game Log :
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
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