Baseball Preview: Woodmore Wildcats vs. Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains
Woodmore is 0-5 against Hopewell-Loudon since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Woodmore Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains at 5:00 p.m.
Woodmore will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a nine-run game in their last game. They fell just short of Lakota by a score of 2-0. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Woodmore's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Hopewell-Loudon had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 6-2.
Caine McDonald made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. McDonald was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Kellen Frankart was incredible, going 4-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and a run. Cohen Sendelbach was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Woodmore's loss dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Hopewell-Loudon, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Woodmore suffered a grim 17-0 defeat to Hopewell-Loudon when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Frankart, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Woodmore knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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