The Adena Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Wheelersburg Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Adena is looking for their season's first win.
Adena lost 8-2 to Huntington on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wheelersburg). Everything went their way against Portsmouth West on Wednesday as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
The team relied heavily on Jake Clevenger, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. He also put up an RBI, which was his first of the season. Jack Picklesimer was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Wheelersburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Wheelersburg now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Adena, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Adena skirted past Wheelersburg 3-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2019. Will the Warriors repeat their success, or do the Pirates have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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