On Sunday afternoon, the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader versus Pitt Bradford at the Waynesburg Baseball & Softball Complex. Waynesburg took the first game of the doubleheader by a score of 6-3. Starting pitcher Gavin Pratt earned his first victory of the season. Pratt pitched 5.2 innings and recorded four strikeouts, … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets hosted Hilbert College Hawks on Wednesday and lost the first and won the second. The Jackets started with Ethan Erhard on the mound and the Hawks put Dylan Moorhouse who pitched a complete game for the Hawks. Erhard would pitch three innings with allowing one hit, two walks and two … Continue reading
The Waynesburg Baseball team recently traveled to Florida for the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, where the team went 3-3 in six games. The team played six different games over a six-day span, the first matchup coming against Thomas College in a 6-4 win in favor of the Jackets. After that win, the Jackets also won 10-2 … Continue reading
The baseball team defeated La Roche in a doubleheader last Monday with a 6-5 win in game one, and 4-3 in game two. Both wins came in walk off fashion for the Yellow Jackets. Game one was back and forth all the way through. Waynesburg took a two to nothing lead in the first two … Continue reading
From April 6, 2022 A hero came out of the dugout for the Waynesburg University baseball team on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Cody Ray, who was not even in the starting lineup, hit a walk-off single to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 9-8 win over Thiel College in the bottom of the 11th inning. “That’s … Continue reading
From March 30, 2022 Wednesday saw the Yellow Jackets baseball team travel to Greenville, Pennsylvania to take on Thiel in a doubleheader that ended in a split. After falling just short of a victory in the 3:30 p.m. matchup, when the Tomcats defeated Waynesburg 4-3, the 5:00 pm game was nothing short of a rout, … Continue reading
With sunny skies and temperatures around 70 degrees, it was a perfect day for Waynesburg University to have their home opener against Penn State Behrend. And to top it all off, a 4-2 victory over the Lions. “A 4-2 win in some high-pressure situations proves our guys came ready to play,” Waynesburg head coach Perry … Continue reading
From March 11, 2022 It was a tale of two games for the Waynesburg University baseball team this past Friday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets (2-5) played a doubleheader against Wilson College (8-2) in Chambersburg, Pa., falling 5-4 in game one and 14-0 in game two. Both games were seven innings. “There’s a difference between competing … Continue reading
Former Waynesburg assistant baseball coach Perry Cunningham got a new title this offseason. Cunningham was hired as the new head coach for the baseball team, replacing the former man in charge in Mike Humiston. Cunningham had spent the previous 14 seasons as an assistant/pitching coach for the Yellow Jackets. He is now the longest-tenured coach … Continue reading
By: Chris Romano For the Yellow Jacket To say the least, this year Major League Baseball season has been different. The pandemic started during spring training for the 2020 season and eventually put all of baseball on halt. After months and months and months of waiting. The MLB returned to play with a modified schedule. … Continue reading
