Baseball Game Preview: Wheeler Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 14, 2024, 6:26am

Baseball Preview: Wheeler Lions vs. Tourtellotte Tigers

Wheeler and Tourtellotte are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Wheeler Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Tourtellotte Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wheeler has four straight wins, Tourtellotte has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Tourtellotte's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Tuesday: Wheeler had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Wheeler came out on top against Windham by a score of 5-0 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Tourtellotte fell victim to Lyman Memorial and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They lost 10-0 to the Bulldogs.

Wheeler's victory bumped their record up to 10-4. As for Tourtellotte, their loss dropped their record down to 0-15.

Everything went Wheeler's way against Tourtellotte when the teams last played back in April as Wheeler made off with a 23-0 win. Does Wheeler have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tourtellotte turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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