The Wharton Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Bloomingdale Bulls at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Wharton 3.5, Bloomingdale 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
It was a proper cat-fight when Wharton took on Durant on Thursday. The Wildcats took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Bloomingdale had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Panthers.
Bloomingdale got a great performance from Luke Long as he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk). Long has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in eight consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Saul Aponte was excellent, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. JJ Santiago also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Wharton's defeat dropped their record down to 13-5-1. As for Bloomingdale, their record now sits at 18-2.
Wharton couldn't quite finish off Bloomingdale when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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