On Tuesday, September 15th, Yellow Jackets Baseball hosted West Salem in non-conference action. It was also 8th grade night for Chase Gher and Reed Stinson. The Yellow Jackets were asleep at the wheel for the first three innings, as they trailed West Salem 8-2. But a huge fourth inning, 11 runs in all, put the Yellow Jackets on top 13-8. The Yellow Jackets then tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win the game 17-11. Offensively for the Yellow Jackets: Brendan Bowser had four singles, scored twice, and had five rbi's; Kasen Dulgar had three singles, a double, scored two runs, and had three rbi; Elliott Acree had a double, a walk, scored one run, and an rbi; Chase Gher had two singles and scored two runs; Brady Porter scored a run; Reed Stinson had two singles, a walk, scored three runs, and an rbi; Michael Smith had a single, walk, hit-by-pitch, scored three runs, and had an rbi; Rhett Andrews had a walk and scored two runs; Tristan Bray had a walk and scored a run; and Jax Gher had a walk. Kasen Dulgar started on the mound and was relieved by Elliott Acree who ended up getting the pitching win.
The Yellow Jackets are now 2-6 overall and 1-4 in WEAA Conference play. Next up: Tuesday, September 22nd at home in the regular season finale and a WEAA Conference game against Clay City at 4:30 pm.
In the picture (from left to right): Chase Gher, Coach Justin Dulgar, and Reed Stinson.