Baseball Preview: Quapaw Wildcats vs. Arcadia Valley Tigers
The Quapaw Wildcats are on the road again on Friday to play the Arcadia Valley Tigers at 2:00 p.m. Quapaw is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
On Thursday, Quapaw sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over Wyandotte.
Quapaw let Jaxon Myrick and Connor Fox loose on the outfield. Myrick scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Fox went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run. Ayden Bruton was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Arcadia Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 11-1 walloping at the hands of Ste. Genevieve.
Quapaw is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-10 record this season. As for Arcadia Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Quapaw was able to grind out a solid win over Arcadia Valley in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Quapaw since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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