The Wright City baseball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Class 3, District 6 tournament next week at Lutheran St. Charles. The Wildcats (16-6) will face the winner of the Valley Park and John F. …
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The Wright City baseball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Class 3, District 6 tournament next week at Lutheran St. Charles.
The Wildcats (16-6) will face the winner of the Valley Park and John F. Kennedy first-round game Monday at 2 p.m.
“Valley Park has had a good season so far and were close to getting the No. 2 seed,” Wright City Head Coach Shannon Wells said. “But I think our strength of schedule helped us out.”
Wright City has faced a number of larger schools throughout the season, including Borgia, Washington, Liberty and Warrenton.
They beat Borgia on opening day and split a double-header at home against Liberty Saturday.
The Wildcat offense was expected to carry the team most of the season as the young pitching staff got acclimated to the varsity level, but Wells said he has been pleased with his team’s performance on the mound.
“I think our pitching staff can match up with anybody’s in the area,” he said.
All four of the pitchers with at least 10 innings of work have an earned-run average under three.
Donovan Mozee has led the staff with a 2.18 ERA in 25 2/3 innings, and Michael Holmes has a 2.91 ERA in 21 2/3 innings.
Wells gave credit for the pitching staff’s success to his manager on the field, senior catcher Chase Jones.
“Chase has done a wonderful job with the pitching staff this year,” Wells said. “Especially helping to develop the younger ones who may need a little more guidance.”
At the plate, Jones is hitting .444 with four doubles and 10 RBIs.
Mozee leads the team with a .450 average and 16 RBIs, but Wells doesn’t think he’ll need his offense to be quite that hot to make a deep run in the postseason.
“A good offense always helps,” he said. “But we will still have to have good pitching and defense to go deep into the playoffs.”
If the Wildcats survive the first round, they would likely meet Lutheran St. Charles — the No. 1 seed -— in the district championship game.
The Cougars beat Wright City in last year’s title game, 5-2.
“We are excited about that,” Wells said. “But we still have to take the season one game at a time.”
To play in semifinals Monday at Lutheran St. CharlesMAKING CONTACT — Clayton Sharp connects on a fastball Saturday afternoon against Liberty. Kory Carpenter photo.
