Baseball Recap: Cactus Shadows' Run of Five Straight Wins Now Over

Falcons

Previous 5 Games

04/23/25 @ Mesquite	2-5
04/21/25 vs Mesquite	10-8
04/16/25 vs St. Mary's	8-0
04/14/25 @ St. Mary's	7-0
04/10/25 @ Marcos de Niza	17-2

Cactus Shadows dropped their record down to 22-3-1 on Wednesday, which also ended the team's five-game streak of wins. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mesquite Wildcats. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Falcons couldn't push the score so high this time.

Jack Scully was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI. Evan Hanish was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run.

As for Mesquite, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-8. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games.

On Mesquite's side, Cruz Lantz looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Lantz has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Noah Forney was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Andres Lozano, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Cactus Shadows does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mesquite, they will square off against Mingus at 3:45 p.m. on Monday.