2023 Baseball Notebook (British Columbia)

HISTORY VS. UBC: The Yotes and Thunderbirds have squared off against one another since 1999, with UBC holding an 86-64 lead in the all-time series. The last meeting between the two schools came in last year's Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament, where the Thunderbirds managed to snag a pair of wins, the last one by a score of 12-9, which eliminated the Yotes from contention.
 
LEADING THE PACK: Jonah Hultberg is once again leading the Yotes in batting average, entering the weekend with a .446 average. Hultberg went 7-7 during the last two games of the series against Eastern Oregon, batting .625 on the weekend, bumping his average up from a .403.
 
HOME SWEET HOME: The friendly confines of Wolfe Field have helped the Yotes in the early part of the season, entering the weekend with a 10-1 record at home, the lone loss coming to NCAA DII Northwest Nazarene.
 
EXTRA BASES: The College of Idaho currently sits atop the Cascade Conference in triples on the season with 16. The next closest is Corban with eight.
 
CONSISTENT BATS: Seven Yotes currently have over a .300 average, with Hultberg at the top, followed by Tristen Garland, Dillon Danner, Alex McFarland-Smith, Kris Kirkpatrick, Skyler Sadora, and Matthew Iwamizu.
 
MULTIPLE LONG BALLS: Jonah Hultberg and Skyler Sadora are currently tied for the team lead in home runs, with four each. Kirby Robertson, with a two homer weekend against EOU, now is tied with Jordan Kelly with two.
 
HIT LEADERS: Four of the top five leaders in batting average currently have at least 20 hits. Hultberg, Garland, McFarland-Smith, and Sadora all have at least 20 hits. Ben Gaff, who's average sits just below .300, currently has 22.

ABOUT THE THUNDERBIRDS: Cameron Sanderson is leading the 'Birds in batting average with a .342. UBC also has 10 other players with at least a .300 average. Mike Fitzsimmons and Aaron Marsh are a few names to watch out for, as both have hit five and four home runs on the season respectively. Fitzsimmons also leads the team in hits with 33. Trent Lenihan leads the Thunderbirds with 25 RBI's.
 
AROUND THE CCC: The Lewis-Clark State Warriors currently lead the pack in the conference, entering the weekend with a 15-3 record. The Yotes currently sit in second place, entering the series with UBC with a record of 14-7, having won their last five straight. The Beacons of Bushnell sit in third, entering the weekend with a 9-5 record. Oregon Tech is fourth with a record of 13-9, and this week's opponent, British Columbia, enters with a 14-10 record. Corban and Eastern Oregon round out the CCC with records of 5-16 and 1-14 respectively.