Baseball Preview: Wheeling Wildcats vs. Buffalo Grove Bison
Wheeling is 0-10 against Buffalo Grove since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Wheeling Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Buffalo Grove Bison at 4:45 p.m. Buffalo Grove took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheeling, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Wheeling came out on top against Conant by a score of 5-4 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Dylan Baloun spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on eight hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Zach Zangara was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Buffalo Grove's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Bartlett by a score of 3-2.
Buffalo Grove also got a good showing from Joe Rotondo, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Buffalo Grove saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonah Pomerantz, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two RBI, and a double. Brody Mac was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Wheeling's victory bumped their record up to 9-13. As for Buffalo Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 14-11-1.
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