Wheeling Park lost against Jefferson on Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Wheeling Park Patriots took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jefferson Cougars. Wheeling Park has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Katelyn Kozlowski made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Sarah Seivertson, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
On Jefferson's side, Jersey Rummel was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Rummel was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Alissa Darr was excellent, scoring three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Graclyn Dodson was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Wheeling Park now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Jefferson, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Wheeling Park has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Washington at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Wheeling Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season. As for Jefferson, they will be playing at home against John Marshall at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (John Marshall: 2.5, Jefferson: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
