The 麻豆传媒AV East Senior Baseball League鈥檚 Yorkton E&S Yankees met the Back Forty Brewers for a second time on June 13. While their first match against the Brewers was a blowout for the Yankees, the second match saw a much tighter contest, and the Yankees won 3-2 in the end.
The Yankees were the first on the board in the 2nd inning, but it was the fourth that saw the majority of the scoring, with both teams getting two runs.
Mark Jacobs with the Yankees admits that they were down a few players, but it was a fast, challenging game and the Brewers played well.
鈥淭he guys battled pretty hard to come out victorious. Credit to the Brewers, they鈥檙e a young team and presented us with a challenge.鈥�
The game was the kind of game a team wants to play, Jacobs said, because you learn more in a tight contest than you do in a lopsided one, whether you鈥檙e on the winning side or not.
鈥淓veryone鈥檚 kind of on their toes when the score is close. You get an idea too of who can play when it鈥檚 a close game and who needs more focus.鈥�
Jacobs admits that they expected the middle stretch of the season to be the easier stretch of the season.
鈥淏ut you still have to go out and do it.鈥�
The next game was against the Parkland Padres on Wednesday, June 20. The Padres are an older team that plays a half season in the league. Jacobs hopes to try some new things against them and try out players in some new positions against the team. A high scoring contest, the game wound up going in favor of the Yankees, with a final score of 24-12.
