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May 13 -- Jackets succomb to Spartans' power, 19-6
 
(left) Eric Sprague deals in Thursday's loss to Manchester (right) James Yenser is hit by a pitch in the third inning
--North Manchester, Ind.--The DC Yellow Jackets fell in the first round of the HCAC Tournament to a powerful #20 Manchester Spartans squad 19-6.
Eric Tipton led the Jackets at the plate with a 3-for-4 afternoon with three runs. Chris Newcomb drove in two runs on an eighth-inning double while Jason Smolenski also hit a towering solo home run in the eighth. Eric Sprague went four innings before giving up a grand slam to MC’s Brian Minix, and struck out two. Catcher Richard Trick had a busy day behind the plate and also went 2-for-5 on in the contest.
Defiance got out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Jeremy Hawkins singled to score Tipton. Manchester answered right back with two runs in the third to take the lead. DC scored a run in the fourth on an error that crossed Tipton again. The Spartans then put the game out of reach with a three-run bottom of the fourth and a nine-run fifth inning, including Minix's four-run blast.
The Jackets did not hang their heads and got four runs in the eighth thanks to Smolenski and Newcomb's bats and one more run on Mike Mirabelli single that scored James Yenser.
The Jackets will play Franklin College on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Heartland Conference's double-elimination tournament.
DC is now 14-24 on the season.
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