Baseball Game Preview: Shadow Mountain Matadors vs. Goldwater Bulldogs

For the second straight game, Shadow Mountain will face off against Goldwater. The Matadors will be playing at home against the Bulldogs at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Shadow Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.

Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Shadow Mountain turned things around against Goldwater on Tuesday. They blew past the Bulldogs 18-8.

Mario Loya

Runs

04/08/25 @ Goldwater	3
03/21/25 @ Coronado	3
02/27/25 vs Cortez	3
02/28/25 vs Chino Valley	2
04/04/25 @ Paradise Valley	1
+ 2 more games

The team relied heavily on Mario Loya, who went 2-for-3 with six RBI, two stolen bases, and three runs. Shadow Mountain is 3-0-1 when Loya posts two or more runs, but 4-10 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Ryan Rojahn, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Goldwater is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10. As for Shadow Mountain, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 7-10-1.