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.
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