Baseball Preview: Wharton Wildcats vs. King Lions
Wharton is 5-0 against King since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Wharton Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the King Lions at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wharton has four straight victories, King has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Wharton only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 14-point they dealt Middleton on Thursday. Everything went Wharton's way against Middleton as Wharton made off with a 14-0 win.
Wharton got several good pitching performances, but Connor Shore was perhaps the best, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Shore has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jairius Morris and Chase Anello did most of the damage at the plate: Morris scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Anello scored a run while going 1-for-1. AJ Johnstone was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, King didn't have quite enough to beat Alonso on Saturday and fell 4-2.
Wharton pushed their record up to 8-10 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.2 runs per game. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
Wharton skirted past King 6-5 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was King's Jacari Sandlin, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Wharton to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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