Baseball Preview: Blue Springs Wildcats vs. Rockhurst Hawklets
The Blue Springs Wildcats will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Rockhurst Hawklets, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Blue Springs' pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Rockhurst's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Blue Springs is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Lee's Summit West, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Blue Springs was ranked second). Blue Springs walked away with a 9-4 win over Lee's Summit West on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Rockhurst didn't have quite enough to beat Blue Springs South on Monday and fell 3-2. Rockhurst has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Evan Hartner was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Rockhurst saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Bernstein, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Blue Springs is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Rockhurst, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-16.
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