Baseball Preview: Las Vegas Wildcats vs. Foothill Falcons
The Las Vegas Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Foothill Falcons at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Las Vegas' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Foothill's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Las Vegas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Shadow Ridge, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Las Vegas was ranked fourth). Las Vegas fell just short of Shadow Ridge by a score of 5-4 on Thursday. Las Vegas has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bryden Bull was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Justin Romero, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Las Vegas didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Shadow Ridge only tossed nine.
Foothill lost 13-3 to Durango on Thursday.
Foothill also got a good showing from Makoa Elliott, who pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Foothill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Vaughn, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Las Vegas' record is now 18-7-1. As for Foothill, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-11-1 record this season.
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