Baseball Preview: Wyatt Chaparrals vs. South Hills Scorpions
Wyatt is 1-9 against South Hills since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wyatt Chaparrals will head out on the road to square off against the South Hills Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wyatt had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 7-4.
Wyatt got a big performance out of Jorvorskie Lane Jr., who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Lane Jr. has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Abraham Caraveo, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, South Hills never let their opponents score on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against North Side and snuck past 1-0.
Nicholas Weatherford spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, South Hills saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josiaha Montelongo, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Ruiz, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
The victory got Wyatt back to even at 13-13-3. As for South Hills, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-12 record this season.
Wyatt suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to South Hills in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Wyatt avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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