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March-Westin left little doubt that they are the team to beat this season after the much anticipated matchup with Morgantown Honda which ended via mercy rule in the 5th inning.

Honda was last years single-A champions and was forced to move up to division double-A (AA). “They man-handled us last year” said Tom, a well known expert on man-handling. It was also overheard, but not confirmed by mwball.com, that it was Morgantown Honda’s first mercy rule (10 run rule) loss.

Dave, Scott and Jackson all went 3 for 3, one of which Jackson stretched a relatively routine base hit into an in the park homer.

Although Scott had much success on the offensive side of things he was not his sure-handed self in the field as he let a fly-ball go over his head that you would normally expect a golden-glove candidate catch. “Not only did I get a bad jump on it, but I just simply misjudged it” said Scott of the error. Scott’s play has been under close watch since he replaced local favorite Nick in left field a couple weeks ago.

Randy struggled defensively as he was moved to 2nd base when Jonathan was unable to attend his second straight game. Wimer returned to the lineup in right field after missing Sunday’s double-header due to a scheduling conflict.

Number two hitter Tom had zero bases on balls, a sure demonstration of the poor research done by Honda. And by comparison James had another impressive performance on the mound, severely limiting the number of base runners compared to the same matchup last season.

March-Westin walked away with an upset victory over Morgantown Honda by a final score of 13-3.

Chasing Ruth Update: Nick-3, Jackson-1, Tom-1

The lovely Allison filled in for Amie, our regular scorekeeper, as always the scorebook can be viewed by clicking here.

March-Westin continued their productivity in their second game of the Sunday double-header as they faced Colasante’s restaurant. MW had a very strong first inning as they couldn’t help but get the runs from what Colasante’s was serving up.

Jonathan was unable to continue play for the second game of the afternoon so Jody stepped in at the second base position and delivered a solid performance. Jody is another one of the newcomers to the March-Westin team which is now a variable cornucopia of talented players.

Jody has returned to the lineup after a preseason ankle injury that forced him to miss 3 weeks of play.

MW actually played their first full game of the season as Colasantes refused to go down without a fight, not only avoiding a mercy rule defeat but closing the gap to two runs in the final inning. But when the dust had finally settled MW had once again walked off the field with wining-streak in tact.

MW looks to continue it’s best start in franchise history as they face Morgantown Honda Monday night. Motown Honda was last years Single-A champion and also moved up to division AA play. Gametime is at 6pm.

Chasing Ruth Update: Nick added two blasts uping his total to 3, all others remained at their respective positions.

The scorebook for sundays second game can be found here.

March-Westin came away with another victory Sunday afternoon after a sluggish start. Due to a series of rainouts which has plagued the Boparc league MW had not been on the field for nearly two weeks and there was no question it took its toll. “We looked rusty, but a couple rounds through the order and everyone started to look more comfortable” said Koon.

However once MW got the bats going everything started to click. The newcomer Randy had a very strong offensive performance as he went 4-4 with a triple and a home run. The other rookie Tyler also had a solid performance highlighted by his grand slam home run.

March-Westin only scored 5 runs in the first four innings, but then went on to score 13 in the 5th and 6th innings.

Carl joined the team to replace the Wimer who was unable to attend the game due to a prior obligation.

Scott again replaced Nick in left field. The team reports this is due to Nicks nagging injury and the poor field conditions, but there are rumors that Nick might have just lost his position as Scott has failed to error thus far while in the traditionally active position.

Jonathan suffered a pair of elbow injuries as he was hit by a throw as he was heading to home and then again as he was rounding second base.

Once Westin got rolling in their first game they not only were scoring at will (as previously mentioned) but they were able to shore up their defense as well, allowing zero runs in the final three innings of play.

March-Westin defeated Finish Line Motors with a final score of 18-6.