Baseball Recap: Wyatt Lee leads a balanced attack to beat St. Charles

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 10:13pm

Baseball Recap: Pickerington Central Tigers vs. St. Charles Cardinals

Pickerington Central came tearing into Saturday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the St. Charles Cardinals 5-4. That's two games straight that Pickerington Central has won by just one run.

Pickerington Central saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Lee, who went 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Colton Landtiser was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Pickerington Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-1 record this season. As for St. Charles, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.

Pickerington Central will look to defend their home field on Monday against Groveport-Madison at 5:00 p.m. Groveport-Madison is coming into the contest with eight straight losses on the road, meaning Pickerington Central will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for St. Charles, they will square off against Bishop Hartley at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Charles' pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Bishop Hartley's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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