On Thursday, O'Connor faced Sunnyslope in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The O'Connor Eagles came out on top against the Sunnyslope Vikings by a score of 7-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for O'Connor.
Hustyn Wheeler made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Wheeler has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single hit in four consecutive pitching appearances. Wheeler was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aiden Maselli, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Sunnyslope's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ezekiel Mendoza, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
O'Connor has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Sunnyslope, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-5.
O'Connor will head out on the road to take on Corona del Sol at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. O'Connor is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season. As for Sunnyslope, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Pinnacle at 4:00 p.m. Sunnyslope is facing Pinnacle at the right time seeing as Pinnacle is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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