Wildwood waltzed into their match on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Wildwood Catholic Crusaders onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. Five seems to be a good number for Wildwood as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ryan Troiano was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Troiano was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Junior Hans, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Harley Buscham, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Wildwood pushed their record up to 15-8 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Wildwood Catholic, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.
Wildwood will head out on the road to square off against Pennsville Memorial at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wildwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season. Wildwood Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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