Photo-Caption:Kodai Yaoita (Delaware State), the first Japanese resident and 12th foreign player to be part of the Chillicothe Mudcats college-level, summer baseball team during the team’s 21-years history, socks a 3-runs double deep down the right-field line to give the Mudcats a 10-1 lead over Joplin in the third inning of their eventual 10-8 triumph in the first game of last Friday’s home doubleheader at “June” Shaffer Memorial Park’s “Chuck” Haney Field. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T LCL PHOTO)
Pair of home wins last Friday completes season sweep of Joplin By PAUL STURM C-T LCL Sports Editor psturm@cherryroad.com After his team used a higher…