Baseball Preview: Wakefield Wolverines vs. Broughton Capitals
Wakefield has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Broughton Capitals at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Wakefield: 2.4, Broughton: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Friday, Wakefield came up short against Heritage and fell 6-1.
Wakefield saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Samuel Bretherick, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Broughton put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They put the hurt on Cardinal Gibbons with a sharp 9-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Broughton.
Davis Best spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on six hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Weston Rhem, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Matthew Vannoy, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Wakefield's defeat dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Broughton, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
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