Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Weatherford). Everything went their way against the Azle Hornets on Thursday as the Weatherford Kangaroos made off with a 9-2 victory. The Kangaroos not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since February 22nd.
Kaden Fleming
| 03/06/25 vs Azle | 9 |
| 02/27/25 vs Del Rio | 6 |
| 02/22/25 vs Chisholm Trail | 2 |
| 02/24/24 vs Martin | 1 |
| 02/22/24 vs Mansfield | 1 |
Weatherford got a great performance from Kaden Fleming as he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Those nine strikeouts gave Fleming a new career-high.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Diego Hernandez, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Jett Vindiola, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
The win made it two in a row for Weatherford and bumps their season record up to 4-5-1. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 8.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.88 in the others. As for Azle, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
Coming up, Weatherford will challenge Birdville at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Weatherford is facing Birdville at the right time seeing as Birdville is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Azle, they will face off against Lake Belton at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Belton: 2.4, Azle: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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