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The Wildcats played one opponent twice last week losing to Williams both times. On Tuesday they fell to the Vikings by a final of 4-1. The game was a pitcher’s duel early with Williams holding a 1-0 lead through three innings. They then added single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth frames building that lead to 4-0. Joseph City only scored once with that run coming in the bottom of the fourth.
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Avery Buckley went two for two, with a pair of doubles; Cameron Baldwin was one for three, with a triple; and Jay Edwards went one for three.
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The Wildcats used four pitchers in the loss. KJ Kinlicheenie, Colter Westover, Baldwin and Karter Lampsa combined to give up four runs, only two earned on one hit, with three strikeouts and collectively walked six Viking runners.
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Two days later the same teams met again. This time around the game was scoreless through the first two frames. Williams then posted five runs in the third frame, added two in the fourth and put the game away under the 10-run rule with six runs in the fifth to win the game 13-2.
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Joseph City did come out with eight hits led by Tyler Penrod who went two for two. KJ Kinlicheenie was one for three; Colter Westover, one for two; Baldwin, one for three; Toby Ballew, one for two, with a double; T.J. Westover, one for two; and Sammie Hendricks was also one for two.
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Buckley worked four innings allowing 10 runs on nine hits, with six strikeouts and walked two. Lampsa pitched one inning giving up three runs on two hits, with a strikeout.
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With the two losses the Wildcats fall to 1-4 in regular season contests. After playing in Ash Fork on Tuesday they will resume regular season action next Tuesday when they play a double header in Valley Sanders.
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Joseph City enters this week ranked 17th in the 1A power point standings.
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