When the Chicago Cubs win, a white "W" flag flies atop Wrigley Field. Well, fly the "W" flag atop Sterry Hall in Caldwell, as the Coyotes staved off elimination with a 4-2 win over Huntington this morning in Riverside, CA at the NAIA National Tournament.
Bobby Wassman worked around two solo homers and ten singles to pick up his seventh win of the year, using his cut fastball to his advantage (Listen to Bobby Wassmann talk about his performance)
The Yotes got some good luck from their new addition to the team (pictured at the left) - a batting dummy in the bullpen that was converted into a Coyote, as The C of I got a Diego Robles RBI single and a Jye Lanphere sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 lead after two innings. They would add a pair of runs in the sixth on two-out RBI singles from Ray Santiago and Jordan Lanman.
Mitch Dame came in from the pen in the late innings and picked up his second save of the season - working out of a one-out, second and third jam in the eighth, then worked around a walk and a hit in the ninth. (Listen to head coach Shawn Humberger talk about the Coyote win)
The Yotes will meet Vanguard University of Costa Mesa, Calif., in a second elimination game of the day at 4 p.m. (MT), with the game carried live on 1450 KIOV-AM.
Does the Dummy have a name and what happened to the Snails? Please tell me they didn't get sacraficed?
ReplyDeleteThe Dummy was in memory of "Supe" the biggest Coyote fan of them all - by the second game, he had a nametag an all...the team missed Supe and wish he was in California
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