Baseball Recap: Christian Wilkes can't quite lead Shadow Ridge over Foothill

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 8:36pm

Baseball Recap: Shadow Ridge Mustangs vs. Foothill Falcons

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Shadow Ridge can now relate to. They fell 6-2 to the Foothill Falcons on Tuesday. Shadow Ridge's loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.

Shadow Ridge saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christian Wilkes, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

On Foothill's side, Josh Vaughn and Landon Angelo did most of the damage at the plate: Vaughn scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Angelo scored a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Zaden Kekoa Sibal, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.

Shadow Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 16-16. As for Foothill, their win bumped their record up to 21-11-1.

Shadow Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Foothill, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Faith Lutheran at 4:00 p.m. Faith Lutheran is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.

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