The Wheeling Park Patriots are taking a road trip to face off against the Oak Glen Golden Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Wheeling Park is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against John Marshall on Monday. They fell just short of the Monarchs by a score of 2-1. The Patriots have struggled against the Monarchs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Emma Wear spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on seven hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Isabelle Thomas was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Oak Glen had taken Morgantown down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Saturday. Oak Glen fell just short of Morgantown by a score of 8-6. The loss put an end to the Golden Bears' undefeated start to the season.
Wheeling Park now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Oak Glen, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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