Wheeler put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Lake Station Edison Fighting Eagles as the Wheeler Bearcats made off with a 12-2 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Wheeler considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Tyler Hughes was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Hughes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Wheeler got a big performance out of Braydon Prskalo, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jackson Smith, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
On Lake Station Edison's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Brown, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Wheeler now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Lake Station Edison, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Wheeler beat Lake Station Edison by a score of 10-2.
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