Baseball Game Preview: Wakefield Wolverines vs. Wake Prep Academy Guardians

The Wakefield Wolverines will challenge the Wake Prep Academy Guardians at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Wakefield will be strutting in after a win while Wake Prep Academy will be coming in after a loss.

Last Monday, Wakefield came out on top against Heritage by a score of 5-3 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Tyler Rotellini

Batters Struck Out

04/14/25 vs Heritage	9
04/08/25 @ Millbrook	7
04/03/25 vs Middle Creek	2
03/25/25 vs Wake Forest	3
03/18/25 @ Rolesville	6
03/10/25 vs Franklinton	11

Wakefield got a great performance from Tyler Rotellini as he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts Rotellini has posted since back in March.

On the hitting side, Wakefield saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Channing Parker, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Wake Prep Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 14-2 to East Wake Academy.

Wakefield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.4 runs over those games. As for Wake Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.

Wakefield took their win against Wake Prep Academy when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a conclusive 12-0 score. Will the Wolverines repeat their success, or do the Guardians have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.