Baseball Game Preview: West Ranch Wildcats vs. Canyon Cowboys

Wildcats

Runs

03/19/25 @ Canyon	9
03/18/25 vs Castaic	9
03/17/25 @ Castaic	4
03/15/25 @ Walnut	1
03/08/25 @ Buchanan	3
+ 7 more games

West Ranch is a perfect 10-0 against Canyon since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The West Ranch Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Canyon Cowboys at 3:30 p.m. West Ranch is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

If West Ranch beats Canyon with nine runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. West Ranch came out on top against Canyon by a score of 9-6 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.

Gio Valles looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

At the plate, Caydin Wilson was a standout: he got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Mikey Murr, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

West Ranch's victory bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Canyon, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.