Baseball Recap: Whitney Wildcats vs. Rocklin Thunder
Whitney waltzed into their matchup on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Rocklin Thunder. Eight seems to be a good number for Whitney as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Corden Pettey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jax Gimenez, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Josh Mendoza was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
On Rocklin's side, they got a good showing from Blake Andre, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Rocklin saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Munoz, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Whitney has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Rocklin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-7.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Whitney by a score of 7-6.
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