Weiss entered their game against Elgin on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Weiss Wolves fell just short of the Elgin Wildcats by a score of 8-7. That's two games in a row now that the Wolves have lost by just one run.
Jessie Hernandez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those runs marked the first that he scored this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Amari Maxwell, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
This is the second loss in a row for Weiss and nudges their season record down to 9-5-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Elgin, the win got them back to even at 7-7-1.
Looking ahead, Weiss will venture away from home to take on Hendrickson at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last four games Weiss has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Elgin, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Georgetown at 7:00 p.m. Georgetown's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Elgin's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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