Mid Season Update

The Lebanon High School baseball team has just surpassed the midway point of the season with 18 games now under there belt. As of April 12 the team has surpassed everybody's expectations with a record of 10-7-1 on the year. The remaining weeks of the season will thrust this young crew into Region 9AAA fire as they will see home/away action against Wilson Central, Mt. Juliet, and Station Camp along with a single game with Beech.

This last week saw the guys take wins over Cookeville and Warren County followed by a pair of losses to Tullahoma.

Jessep Polk, the subject of this blog had a solid but fairly pedestrian week this week hitting .500 on a 5/10 clip (all singles) with 2 BB, 2 HBP, 2 reached on error, and 3 RBI. The scouting report must be getting out to avoid throwing a fastball anywhere near the zone and to nibble with the off speed stuff. Three of the five singles were to right field, most of them on curveballs. Jessep is working to adjust to the junk ball approach and drive the ball to rt center more frequently. The last four games also saw him in action in center field where he made several excellent running catches throughout the week. Although, he is not a natural outfielder he has taken the responsibility to do whatever the coaches ask of him and do everything he can to excel in that situation. Unfortunately, there is not any video available to document his work in center field. Playing the outfield has kept his legs fresh allowing him to steal bases this week including a steal of third.

Through 18 games Jessep's statistical line is as follows:

23/55 .418 BA, 2 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 9 BB, 2 HBP, 4 K, 5 ROE, 1 SACFLY

This weeks LHS schedule is as follows:

4/13 Wilson Central @ LHS 6:30pm
4/14 Wilson Central @ WC 6:30pm
4/16-17 Shelbyville, Franklin Co. Tullahoma Tournament (4 games)