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Playing a pair of double headers last week, the Wildcats went 3-1 and should improve on their 11th overall ranking in the 1A power points, which is where they were prior to Saturday’s home games with Sedona.
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Joseph City opened the week on Monday with a double-header contest at Valley Sanders. The Cats won the first game 13-2 behind 15 hits.
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KJ Kinlicheenie was solid at the plate going four for four, with a double and had two RBI. Toby Ballew was three for four; Cameron Baldwin, two for four, with four RBI; Tyler Penrod, two for three, with a double and had one RBI; Jay Edwards went two for three, with a double and three RBI; Kaden Moss went one for five; and Avery Buckley was one for four.
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Joseph City amassed 16 stolen bases in the game with Kinlicheenie leading the team with five of those thefts.
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Buckley worked five innings, giving up five runs on three hits with 12 strikeouts and walked three. Moss pitched two innings allowing one run on one hit with four strikeouts and walked none.
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Joseph City won the second game of the twin bill by a final of 14-6.
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On Saturday the Wildcats were on their home field hosting Sedona in a double-header. This time the first game of two didn’t go as well for the Wildcats who fell 16-1 in five innings.
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Sedona opened the game up in the second inning scoring nine runs. They added five more in the third and their final run came in the fifth. Joseph City managed just one run, which also came in the fifth.
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The Wildcats had only three hits in the loss. Kinlicheenie went one for three, while Moss and Baldwin both went one for two.
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Buckley pitched two innings allowing nine runs on 10 hits, with one strikeout and one walk. Moss also pitched two frames giving up one run on four hits, with a strikeout. Kinlicheenie pitched one inning giving up six runs on six hits, with one strikeout.
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The Wildcats enter this week with a 4-4 regular season mark. After hosting Ash Fork on Tuesday, they will travel to Phoenix on Saturday for a double-header game with NFL Yet. On Tuesday of next week they will close out the regular season with a home double-header game against rival Mogollon.
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