Baseball Recap: Wakefield Drops Highest Score of Season Against Panther Creek

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wakefield). Everything went their way against the Panther Creek Catamounts on Wednesday as the Wakefield Wolverines made off with a 15-4 win. The Wolverines might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.

Blake Waltman

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/19/25 vs Panther Creek	6
03/10/25 vs Franklinton	2
04/17/24 @ Athens Drive	2
03/13/24 @ East Chapel Hill	2
04/30/24 vs Knightdale	1

Blake Waltman looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

On the hitting side, Eli Gross and Mikey Katz did most of the damage at the plate: Gross went 2-for-3 with one triple and one RBI, while Katz scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That triple marked the first that Gross hit this season. Another player making a difference was Luke Blackburn, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Wakefield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Wakefield pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Panther Creek, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.

Looking ahead, Wakefield will be playing in front of their home fans against Rolesville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wakefield's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Rolesville's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Panther Creek, they will challenge Apex at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Panther Creek has given up an average of 9.7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.