September 30, 2013

YJC - Day 3 (9/28/13)

With a solid crowd on hand including a handful of Defiance baseball alumni - 2013 grad and former DC outfielder, Jonathan Murphy, kicked off Yellow Jacket Cup Day 3 by firing a strike for the ceremonial first pitch. If my memory serves me correctly, he may have done it from a cro-hop. Receiving the pitch was 2012 graduate and former battery, Dave Riley - he was almost persuaded to strap the gear back on, but kindly declined. It  was great to have those guys back at The Rutt, including former pitchers Ryan McLaughlin, Aaron Patterson and Clint Hoskins.

It was a tremendous way to get the YJC finale underway, and the action during the games themselves certainly did not disappoint either. The Purple squad came away with a clean four-game sweep to bring their record to a commanding 8-3-1, leaving Gold in the dust at 3-8-1. This however, does not mean that the Purple People Eaters hoisted the cup over the weekend - the 2013 YJC Champion will not be named until later this week, as the Jackets still have three days of in-practice competition to help determine the rightful winner.



Day Three's scrimmage series was eerily similar to those of the past two weeks, each team had the ability to earn extra runs for their team on the basis of a pitch count bonus, innings won, games won and foul balls retrieved - but the newest addition to the scoring system was on the base paths. Every time a runner advanced on a dirt ball read, his team tacked on another run - Purple bested Gold at DBR in 2 out of 4 games this weekend (no DBR in GM 3 for either team):




Up next for the Jackets, one last week of practice - capped off with a doubleheader scrimmage at Taylor University (Sat, Oct. 5 @ 12pm). Stay tuned to the Diamond as both offensive and pitching stats will soon be posted from YJC play.

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