Wheeling Park is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Goretti. The Wheeling Park Patriots fell 4-0 to the Goretti Gael. Wheeling Park's loss continues an unfortunate trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
For Goretti's part, Will Oates made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Oates was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nick Petruzzello, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Wheeling Park's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-8. As for Goretti, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Wheeling Park will challenge Musselman at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Goretti, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Bridgeport at 9:00 a.m. Bridgeport is coming into the matchup with nine straight victories at home, so Goretti will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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