Baseball Preview: Bath Wildcats vs. Wapakoneta Redskins
The Bath Wildcats will be playing at home against the Wapakoneta Redskins at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Bath finally turned things around against Lincolnview on Wednesday. Bath blew past Lincolnview 11-4. Bath's win was all the more impressive since Lincolnview was averaging only 3.35 runs allowed on the season.
Logan Markley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on 11 hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jaden Miller was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI, a run, and a double. Quintin Collins was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Wapakoneta waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Bulldogs 3-1.
Bath's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-11. As for Wapakoneta, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
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