Baseball Game Preview: Great Oak Wolfpack vs. Chaparral Pumas

For the second straight game, Great Oak will face off against Chaparral. The Wolfpack will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pumas at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Great Oak's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Chaparral 11-0. The contest marked the Wolfpack's most dominant win of the season.

Reagan Ricken made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April of 2024. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Great Oak's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-13 when he doesn't).

Wes Shanabarger

Runs (Career)

04/21/25 @ Chaparral	2
04/09/25 vs Murrieta Valley	1
04/05/25 vs Santiago	1
03/22/25 @ Fountain Valley	1

In other batting news, Wes Shanabarger and Jaxon Valenzuela did most of the damage at the plate: Shanabarger went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Valenzuela went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. Those two runs gave Shanabarger a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Gavin Fien, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.

Great Oak lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Chaparral is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-7. As for Great Oak, they moved to 7-13 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.