On Monday, August 13th, Yellow Jackets Baseball traveled to Fairfield to take on WEAA Conference foe New Hope. New Hope jumped out to a 1-0 lead after one inning, then expanded the lead to 4-0 and 7-0 in the second and third innings respectively. New Hope added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 10-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets didn't give up, as they scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning to now trail 10-6. New Hope then scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to win the game by the final score of 17-6. One rare feat in baseball was accomplished by the Yellow Jackets in the fourth inning, as JD Bowser turned an unassisted triple play. With the bases loaded, JD caught a line-drive at shortstop, then stepped on second to double off one runner and ran down the runner from first base to record all three outs on one play.
Yellow Jackets - 0 0 0 0 6 = 6
New Hope - 1 3 3 3 7 = 17
Yellow Jackets Hitting:
Blake Strine 0-2 with a run scored, BB
Jesse Brogan 1-2 with a run scored, SB, RBI, BB
JD Bowser 0-0 with a run scored, 2 BB, HBP, SB, RBI
Chase Gher 1-3 with a run scored, BB, RBI, SB
Brendan Bowser 0-2 with a BB
Wyatt Gher 0-2 with a BB, RBI
Kasen Dulgar 0-1 with a run scored, RBI
Trenton Potts 0-1
Michael Smith 0-1 with a run scored, SB
Tristan Bray 0-3
Yellow Jackets Pitching:
Jesse Brogan 1.2 inn, 14 BF, 5 K, 8 BB, 1 HBP, 4 runs
JD Bowser 1.1 inn, 8 BF, 4 K, 3 BB, 1 Hit, 3 runs
Kasen Dulgar 0 inn, 5 BF, 2 BB, 2 Hits, 3 runs
Blake Strine 1.2 inn, 12 BF, 8 BB, 2 Hits, 7 runs
