Wellington is 1-9 against Park Vista since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wellington Wolverines will be playing at home against the Park Vista Cobras at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wellington is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let South Fork onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Wellington considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Paul Parent looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brett Hobbs, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run. Trevor King was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Park Vista waltzed into their game on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Broncos 8-6. Eight seems to be a good number for Park Vista as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Wellington's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-12. As for Park Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Wellington came out on top in a nail-biter against Park Vista in their previous matchup back in February, sneaking past 8-7. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Park Vista's Aiden Buster, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Wellington still be able to contain Buster? There's only one way to find out.
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