Baseball Preview: Wewahitchka Gators vs. Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks
Wewahitchka is 0-10 against Port St. Joe since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wewahitchka Gators are on the road again to play the Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks at 6:30 p.m. Wewahitchka will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Last Tuesday, Wewahitchka beat Poplar Springs 9-4.
Avery Davis made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned run or hits. Davis was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carson Bailey, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Caleb Cooper was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Port St. Joe had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Blue Devils out 3-2.
Port St. Joe saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Max Godwin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Godwin is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Wewahitchka's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-18. As for Port St. Joe, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-5.
Wewahitchka suffered a grim 17-2 defeat to Port St. Joe in their previous meeting back in March. Can Wewahitchka avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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