Wharton has been on the road for eight straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Hillsborough Terriers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Monday, Wharton didn't have quite enough to beat Bloomingdale and fell 4-2.
Daniel Duno was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Connor Evans relieved him and did a solid job, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Wharton saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Montgomery, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Hillsborough made easy work of Tampa Bay Tech on Saturday and carried off a 12-6 win. 12 seems to be a good number for Hillsborough as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Hillsborough got a massive performance out of Aiden Morales, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Jackson Cande was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Wharton's loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Hillsborough, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Wharton came out on top in a nail-biter against Hillsborough when the teams last played on March 7th, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hillsborough's Kyler Martin, who tossed seven innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Wharton still be able to contain Martin? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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