With a playoff win on the line, Wheatland rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Hughson Huskies by a score of 7-3. This was a revenge game for the Pirates: when they faced off against the Huskies on Monday, they had to take a 8-2 defeat.
Cristian Haro was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one run.
Cole Rohleder
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Haro wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cole Rohleder, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave Rohleder a new career-high.
Wheatland pushed their record up to 18-9-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Hughson, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 26-6 record.
Wheatland will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Huskies: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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