Baseball Recap: Wheeling Park Takes Down Ranked Buckhannon-Upshur

Wheeling Park faced Buckhannon-Upshur in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Patriots narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Buccaneers 9-7. That's more bragging rights for the Patriots, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Wheeling Park's win bumped their record up to 13-6. As for Buckhannon-Upshur, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5.

Wheeling Park didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 3-1 loss against Jefferson on the 19th. Hopefully Buckhannon-Upshur paid attention to the Patriots' match: the next time they hit the field, they'll take on the Patriots at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.