Wheeling waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Elk Grove Grenadiers and snuck past 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Wheeling also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Zach Neukirch spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits.
On the hitting side, Wheeling saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Zangara, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Wheeling's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-7. As for Elk Grove, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-10.
Wheeling will have a chance to go back-to-back against Elk Grove: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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