Baseball Preview: Shadow Ridge Mustangs vs. Las Vegas Wildcats
The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Las Vegas Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Shadow Ridge will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Las Vegas, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked 12th). Shadow Ridge's pitchers stepped up to hand Las Vegas a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Shadow Ridge got a great performance from Dylan Franco as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Franco has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Andrew Torres, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Shadow Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-13-1 record this season. As for Las Vegas, their loss dropped their record down to 18-6-1.
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