The Struthers Wildcats baseball team played Crestview on Friday March 6th at Pemberton Park to start its season.
The game ended with a score of 8-3. With this win, the boys are going into their season with confidence in them and their teammates.
In the course of this scrimmage, the team had played very well as a whole. In the beginning of the game, they had scored 3 runs, which had set them up for early success.
Freshman Mannie Perez explains some of the coaches’ thoughts.
“They were proud of us and how we performed and worked well as a team. They were also proud of how we pitched,” says the freshman.
The team got a preview on how they play together. Overall, they had seen their strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the team this year is seemingly going to be good!
Perez conveys some of the team’s strengths.
“We have a lot of depth with our pitching and fielding,” said Perez.
Overall, the weaknesses of the team aren’t bad either. There’s a few things the team needs to work on like being more comfortable and confident during the plays.
Perez discloses the team’s weaknesses.
“A lot of our depth comes from underclassmen and they lack experience,” says the athlete.
