Baseball Recap: Wharton Takes a Loss

Wharton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They lost 15-7 to the Columbia Roughnecks. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Roughnecks apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March of 2021.

Raelon Thomposon made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-5 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Layden Wynn was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and one RBI.

Tigers

On Base Percentage

03/18/25 @ Columbia	56.4%
03/08/25 vs Van Vleck	50%
02/17/25 vs East Bernard	44.7%
02/27/25 vs Pleasanton	42.3%
02/27/25 @ Palacios	30.8%

Even though they lost, Wharton always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .564. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Wharton's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Columbia, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 12-6-2.

Wharton will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Columbia at 7:00 p.m. on April 11th. As for Columbia, they will venture away from home to challenge Needville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Columbia is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.