Another Gem Pitched by Jack Rodgers

Newport faced Bothell at home on Wednesday, March 28 with Jack as the starting pitcher. Due to a rainout, Newport had played the previous day as well - they had lost that game 15-3 and ran through almost all of their pitchers in the process. So Jack took the mound with limited bullpen support available, facing a good pitcher from Bothell.

The game wound up to be a tight pitchers' duel, with Jack shutting them down in each inning except the fourth, when they scored one run. Newport wasn't able to score much either, putting one run across in the fifth to tie it, 1-1.

In the top of the 7th (the last inning), Jack went back out to pitch and while Bothell loaded the bases with one out, he got them to ground into an inning-ending double play. In the bottom of the 7th, Newport got a runner on third with two outs, and with two strikes on him Coleman came through with a single up the middle to score the walk-off winning run!

Jack threw 86 pitches, scattered seven hits and struck out four over the seven innings. He had a strong defense behind him with Newport making zero errors and turning a couple of inning-ending double plays.

Jack strikes out a Bothell batter to end the fifth inning