The Yorktown Wildcats will be playing at home against the Woodsboro Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Yorktown suffered a rough 13-4 loss at the hands of Three Rivers. Yorktown has not had much luck with Three Rivers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Kale Blank made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Deagan Mungia, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Woodsboro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 13-3 loss at the hands of Refugio.
Woodsboro saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Layton Jochetz, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Yorktown's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Woodsboro, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Yorktown has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 10 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Woodsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Yorktown came up short against Woodsboro in their previous meeting back in March, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Woodsboro's Luke Poland, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Now that Yorktown 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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