For the second straight game, Wheeling Park will face off against Morgantown. The Patriots are taking a road trip to challenge the Mohigans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Morgantown, who was ranked fourth at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked seventh). The Patriots fell just short of the Mohigans by a score of 5-3 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Patriots have suffered since April 24th.
For Morgantown's part, Vincent Aloi spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits. Aloi has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mason Bowers, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.
Morgantown pushed their record up to 25-10 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.4 runs over those games. As for Wheeling Park, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 24-11.
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