2008 Baseball News
Pair of DC Sophomores Garner All-HCAC Honors
GREENWOOD, Ind. -- The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently announced its 2008 award winners for the baseball regular season. Defiance took home a pair of accolades, as second-year players Tim Pitro and Kirk Jesse were each named All-Heartland Conference.
May 15, 2008
Jackets Drop Season Finale to Mount St. Joseph
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Defiance dropped its final baseball game of the season on Sunday, falling 9-7 to the College of Mount St. Joseph. The MSJ victory clinched the HCAC regular season title for the Lions.
May 04, 2008
Stewart Homers Twice in MSJ Doubleheader
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Aaron Stewart highlighted a 13-run outburst by Defiance in the second game of DCs doubleheader at Mount St. Joseph, but it was not enough as the Jackets fell 15-13. MSJ won the opener by a 7-2 score on Saturday afternoon.
May 03, 2008
Comeback Bid Falls Short for DC on the Diamond
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and had the potential game-winning run on the bases on Tuesday, before Ohio Northern recorded the final out and took the 6-5 win over the Yellow Jackets at Craig Rutter Field.
April 29, 2008
Kahsen Homers as Jackets Fall Short at Anderson
ANDERSON, Ind. -- Casey Kahsen belted his first collegiate home run as Defiance and Anderson locked horns in an HCAC slugfest on Friday afternoon. The two sides combined for 28 runs on 33 hits in nine innings, with the Ravens coming out on top, 16-12.
April 25, 2008
DC Falls to Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Defiance traveled to Springfield on Wednesday night to take on the Wittenberg Tigers in a non-conference game. The Yellow Jackets only trailed 6-4 through five innings, before taking the 17-4 loss.
April 23, 2008
Bluffton Rallies for 10-9 Win Over Jackets
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance held an 8-2 lead after six innings of play on Tuesday against Bluffton, but the Beavers rallied for four runs in the seventh and four more in the eighth to steal the 10-9 victory at Rutter Field.
April 22, 2008
Engineers Complete Sweep of Defiance at Rutter Field
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance hosted Rose-Hulman in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader on Saturday at Rutter Field, falling 12-0 and 13-1 to the Engineers. The second game was called after five innings due to inclement weather.
April 19, 2008
DC Drops HCAC Slugfest to Rose-Hulman
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance got home runs from Kirk Jesse and David Riley and had seven players record at least one hit, but fell by an 18-7 score to Rose-Hulman on Friday. The game was the first of a three-game series between the teams at Rutter Field.
April 18, 2008
Spartans Escape Defiance with 7-5 Win
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Manchester used a pair of home runs and a Defiance error to plate seven runs on only five hits as it edged the Yellow Jackets, 7-5, on Tuesday at Craig Rutter Field. DC pounded out 10 hits, but stranded 11 runners on the base paths in the loss.
April 15, 2008
Jackets Score Six in Third Inning, Earn Split at Hanover
HANOVER, Ind. -- Defiance exploded for six runs in the third inning and Brad Timofeev hurled a complete game on the mound, as the Yellow Jackets notched their first HCAC victory of the season with a 9-3 win at Hanover on Saturday.
April 12, 2008
Hanover Dumps DC with Four-Run Ninth
HANOVER, Ind. -- Defiance looked poised to record its first league win of the season on Friday at Hanover, before the Panthers rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth to take the come from behind 7-6 victory.
April 11, 2008
Baseball Drops Single Game to Bluffton
BLUFFTON, Ohio -- Defiance took the field for the fourth time in as many days, falling 8-3 at Bluffton on Tuesday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets used five different pitchers in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference contest.
April 08, 2008
Yellow Jackets Blanked Against Transylvania
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance left nine men on base on Sunday, including three in the ninth inning as it suffered a 4-0 loss to Transylvania. The Yellow Jackets rapped out seven hits and had two reach after getting hit by a pitch, but failed to dent the scoring column.
April 06, 2008
Defensive Miscues Cost DC Against Transylvania
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance played its first home contests of the season on Saturday, falling 6-2 and 8-2 to Transylvania at Craig A. Rutter Field. The Jackets had a pair of strong pitching performances from starters Nick Picciano and Brad Timofeev, but committed seven errors which led to eight unearned runs on the afternoon.
April 05, 2008
Jackets Get Back in Action with Win at Ohio Northern
ADA, Ohio -- The DC baseball team finally took the field again on Tuesday after waiting through a week of weather-related cancellations. The Yellow Jackets made the most of it with an 8-6 victory at Ohio Northern, overcoming an early 2-1 deficit and scoring four times in the sixth to back up a strong start on the mound from Aaron Stewart.
April 01, 2008