Healthy Wetherholt sparking Cardinals

Hello everyone I'm Dan Lucy on the Ozarks First digital desk.
The Springfield Cardinals have heated up in the month of May.
And the Cardinals took a five game winning streak into the holiday weekend in Tulsa.
Springfield has a roster full of prospects, and that includes the St. Louis Cardinals first pick from last June's draft, J.J. Wetherholt.
Wetherholt has been getting used to life in the Texas League.
He's hitting .291 with three homers and 32 hits.
Wetherholt is from Mars, not the planet.
But the town, Mars, Pennsylvania.
He says the recent winning streak is a result of the team coming together.
J.J. Wetherholt/Cardinals second baseman: (says the team never quits)
The biggest key for any athlete is to stay healthy.
And Wetherholt had to battle through some adversity in late April.
It was not a injury to his body, but an illness that tapped his strength and tested his will.
Wetherholt: (says he's never been that sick during a season)
Now that he's feeling better, Wetherholt is starting to pick up his offense.
The 22-year old had back to back homers in the Cardinals last home stand against Amarillo.
And collected three hits and scored four runs in the first three games in Tulsa.
And Wetherholt says Springfield and Hammons Field is a great place for him to be at this moment in his career.
Wetherholt: (says its a great stadium and city)
J.J. Wetherholt and the Springfield Cardinals will be back at Hammons Field the last week of May with Northwest Arkansas coming back to town.
For more sports watch Ozarks First news at nine and ten.
And I'll see you then.
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