Baseball Game Preview: Cactus Shadows Falcons vs. Silo Rebels

The Cactus Shadows Falcons will be taking part in a tournament against the Silo Rebels at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Cactus Shadows is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.3 runs per game this season.

Silo will be up against a hot Cactus Shadows team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Cactus Shadows never let Putnam City get on the board and left with a 22-0 victory on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won four matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.

Grayson Headon

Batters Struck Out

03/17/25 vs Putnam City	7
03/04/25 @ Thunderbird	5
02/26/25 vs Chaparral	6
04/27/24 @ Notre Dame Prep	5
04/15/24 @ Sunrise Mountain	3
+ 5 more games

Grayson Headon looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024.

At the plate, Cactus Shadows got a massive performance out of Evan Hanish, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-2. That's the most home runs Hanish has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Dominic Ziccarelli, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs.

Cactus Shadows was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .533. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Putnam City only posted a batting average of .077.

Meanwhile, Silo scored first but ultimately less than Willow Canyon in their contest on Monday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 9-8. The loss was the Rebels' first of the season.

Having lost for the first time this season, Silo fell to 2-1. As for Cactus Shadows, their win bumped their record up to 6-0-1.