Summer college baseball starts for many local players
The summer baseball season got underway over the last week in the West Coast League. There are a number of players with local ties competing in the summer collegiate league and seeing early success.
Douglas High School graduate Tristan Ledbetter is pitching with the Springfield Drifters after spending the spring season with Umpqua Community College. He tossed five scoreless innings in the Drifters home-opener on Tuesday and helped Springfield earn its first win of the year. He struck out eight and allowed just one hit.
Ledbetter was named the Player of the Game.
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Other players with local ties on West Coast League rosters include:
- Austin Takahashi, Roseburg High School – Springfield Drifters
- Camden Hartsell, Roseburg High School/Umpqua CC – Corvallis Knights
- Jake Johnson, Roseburg High School – Corvallis Knights
- Josh Jackson, Umpqua CC – Bend Elks
- Tristan Schaefer, Umpqua CC – Bellingham Bells
- Taylor Davis, Umpqua CC – Bellingham Bells
- Ben Allen, Umpqua CC – Marion Berries
The West Coast League is a summer collegiate wood bat league and runs through early August. Win tickets to see the Springfield Drifters from The Score!
