Baseball Recap: Darrell Wheeler can't quite lead Glenville over John Hay

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 10:11am

Baseball Recap: Glenville Tarblooders vs. John Hay

After flying high against John Adams last Tuesday, Glenville came back down to earth. The Glenville Tarblooders lost 17-3 to John Hay on Tuesday. Glenville has struggled against John Hay recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Glenville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darrell Wheeler, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.

On John Hay's side, Sam Kozak was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Kozak was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

In other batting news, Musa Mordan-Zaid was incredible, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and a triple. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Asani Wells, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Glenville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for John Hay, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season.

Glenville will look to defend their home field on Thursday against John Marshall at 5:00 p.m. As for John Hay, they will head out on the road to face off against Rhodes at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. John Hay has given up an average of 6.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.

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