The Mundelein Mustangs will square off against the Wheeling Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mundelein is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Mundelein fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Barrington on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Fillies/Broncos by a score of 6-5. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by just one run.
Logan Young was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, Caden Earing and Dan Stricklin did some serious damage despite the final result: Earing went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Stricklin went 1-for-3 with one home run. That home run marked the first that Stricklin has launched this season. Another player making a difference was Sean Sanderson, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Wheeling earned an 8-5 victory over Taft on Saturday.
Mundelein's loss dropped their record down to 21-10-2. As for Wheeling, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-20.
Everything went Mundelein's way against Wheeling when the teams last played back in March of 2022, as Mundelein made off with a 10-0 victory. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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