Yellow Jackets pick up first win of the season during series against Grace
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HOOVER, Ala. - The Defiance Yellow Jackets earned their first win as an NAIA program during their four-game series on Thursday and Friday against the Grace Lancers at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Alabama.
The Yellow Jackets (1-6) scored a 9-1 victory during the second game of Thursday's twinbill but the Lancers (3-4) claimed the other three contests to take the series. Grace won the first contest 7-2 on Thursday and swept Friday's action with 8-5 and 17-8 wins.
Defiance posted the first run in the opening contest on Thursday but Grace got to Defiance starter Colin Danek during their second trip through the batting order. The score stood 3-2 entering the bottom of the fifth when the Lancers added a two-spot in their half of the fifth and sixth frames.
DC played a stellar game in the nightcap led by Tim Bobek's three-hit game and a 1-run effort on the mound by Josh Gase to claim a 9-1 win. Defiance posted three runs in the third to grab control of the game when the Lancers misplayed a fly ball by Anthony Silvera Jr. with the bases loaded. Bobek capped off the three-run fifth with an RBI double and drove in another run in the sixth with his third hit of the game. Gase held Grace to four hits and his lone run allowed scored on a groundout.
Friday's doubleheader went Grace's way after starting with an 8-5 decision before a 17-8 offensive display. Grace jumped ahead 6-0 in the first game and Defiance's four-run rally in the seventh fell short. In the second contest, the Lancers used an eight-run second inning to gain control of the game after DC plated one run in the first. Bobek highlighted the offense again with a four-RBI effort on two triples. The senior tripled two runs in the second and two more in the fifth inning to finish the weekend with four extra-base hits.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Tim Bobek led the offense in three games, finishing the weekend 7-for-9 with six RBIs and four extra-base hits.
- Jacob Hild also had a two-triple game during DC's 9-1 win on Thursday. He went 3-for-12 with three walks in the series.
- Mitchell Roever was found on base a healthy amount as well, going 4-for-13 with three walks and two RBIs for the weekend.
- DC smacked five triples and seven total extra-base hits.
- The Yellow Jackets also worked free bases as well with 22 walks, took five hit-by-pitch and went 3-for-3 in stolen bases.
- Josh Gase picked up the first winning decision on the mound with a 5.1-inning effort on Thursday.
- Andy Yoder made his college debut for DC in relief of Gase and tossed 1.2 scoreless innings. He also helped mop up during the series final and held the Lancers to one run through parts of two innings.
UP NEXT
DC baseball travels south once again next weekend with a four-game series against Alice Lloyd in Kentucky. The Yellow Jackets and Eagles will square off in a Friday and Saturday doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
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