Baseball Preview: Dakota Ridge Eagles vs. Arvada West Wildcats
Dakota Ridge is 8-2 against Arvada West since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Dakota Ridge Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Arvada West Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Dakota Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Dakota Ridge is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Chatfield just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 9-8. The loss continues a trend for Dakota Ridge in their matchups with Chatfield: they've now lost three in a row.
Cade Collins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Mitchell Lee was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Arvada West made sure to put some runs up on the board against Lakewood on Friday. Arvada West came out on top against Lakewood by a score of 11-6.
Kellen Conley looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Luke Alonso was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Tate Deal, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Dakota Ridge now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Arvada West, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-6.
Dakota Ridge skirted past Arvada West 7-6 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Dakota Ridge repeat their success, or does Arvada West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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