The Wheeling Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Maine East Blue Demons at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Maine East took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheeling, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with seven defeats in a row, Wheeling finally turned things around against Rolling Meadows on Wednesday. Wheeling had just enough and edged Rolling Meadows out 10-9. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Wheeling considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Maine East is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 7-1 to Lane Tech on Wednesday.
Jayden Coppe was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off seven hits. Coppe has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Coppe was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
Even though they lost, Maine East didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lane Tech only tossed seven.
Wheeling's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-14. As for Maine East, their loss dropped their record down to 0-18.
Wheeling suffered a grim 20-9 defeat to Maine East in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Will Wheeling have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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