Wellington is 1-9 against Park Vista since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wellington Wolverines are on the road again to play the Park Vista Cobras at 7:00 p.m.
Wellington heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They fell 9-6 to Jupiter.
Lucas Bratten was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Christian Goncalves, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Wellington was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with four doubles. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jupiter only hit a.
Meanwhile, Park Vista got themselves on the board against Santaluces on Thursday, but Santaluces never followed suit. They walked away with a 4-0 win over the Chiefs. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Park Vista.
Park Vista also got a great performance from Cael Brannon as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Brannon has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Park Vista saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joe Calise, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Wellington now has a losing record at 13-14. As for Park Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-11 record this season.
Wellington came up short against Park Vista in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Park Vista's Ethan Mattison, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Now that Wellington knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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