On Monday, August 20th, Yellow Jackets Baseball hosted Grayville in WEAA Conference play. The Yellow Jackets got their first victory of the season by winning 22-7 in four innings. Grayville struck first with a run in the top of the first inning, but the Yellow Jackets bats came alive in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 behind an RBI by Brendan Bowser and 2 RBI's on a single by Wyatt Gher. In the top of the second inning, Grayville plated another run to scratch within one run. The bottom of the second inning made the difference for the Yellow Jackets, as they jumped out to a 9-2 lead behind a three run double by Jesse Brogan and an RBI single by Brendan Bowser. Grayville came back out in the top of the third inning and plated two more runs, but the Yellow Jackets put together a big inning behind a three run triple by JD Bowser. After three innings, the Yellow Jackets led 20-4. In the top of the fourth inning, Grayville plated 3 runs, but the Yellow Jackets came back in the bottom of the inning to plate 2 runs to win in four innings. JD Bowser started pitching for the Yellow Jackets and Jesse Brogan got the final two outs to shut the door on the victory.
Grayville - 1 1 2 3 - 7
Yellow Jackets - 3 6 11 2 - 22
Yellow Jackets Hitting:
Blake Strine 0-1 with 3 runs scored, 4 BB, 1 RBI
Jesse Brogan 2-2 with 4 runs scored, 3 BB, 5 RBI
JD Bowser 2-2 with 4 runs scored, 2 BB, 4 RBI, SB
Chase Gher 0-3 with 2 runs scored, BB, 2 RBI
Brendan Bowser 1-2 with 3 runs scored, 2 BB, 3 RBI
Wyatt Gher 2-4 with a run scored, 2 RBI
Kasen Dulgar 0-1 with a run scored, 3 BB, 2 RBI
Trenton Potts 0-2 with a run scored, 1 BB
Michael Smith 0-1
Tristan Bray 0-1 with 3 runs scored, 3 BB, 1 RBI
Yellow Jackets Pitching:
JD Bowser - 3.1 innings, 7 K, 3 BB, 5 hits, 6 runs, 1 HBP
Jesse Brogan - 0.2 innings, 1 K, 3 hits, 1 run
Yellow Jackets are now 1-2 on the season. Next up - at West Salem in WEAA Conference play on Thursday, August 23rd at 4:30 pm.
