There was no place like home plate on the weekend for the Coquitlam Reds.
The hitting-wizard Reds racked up 37 runs in five games as hosts of a five-team B.C. Premier Baseball League pre-season jamboree at Mundy Park, where they danced away with a 3-1-1 record.
"We swung the bats very well all weekend," raved Reds head coach Kyle Williams. "We got offensive contributions out of pretty much everybody. [It was] very much a team effort."
Infielder Tyler Yorko -- a transfer player from the Vancouver Cannons -- rallied the Reds with a standout nine-for-10 showing at the dish over the five games, which included victories over the Cannons (7-2), North Shore Twins (15-1) and the White Rock Tritons (7-6). The Reds were then doubled 4-2 by North Shore before storming back from a 6-0 deficit to earn a 6-6 draw with Nanaimo.
"We were a bit sloppy in the field so that gives us an area to focus on for the upcoming week of practice," Williams said.
Mitchell Jackman and Brian Nicholas were also key contributors to the Reds' offensive attack, Williams said.
The Reds kick off the BCPBL regular season Sunday with a doubleheader versus the Cannons at Mundy, 11.am. start.
