Baseball Game Preview: Shadow Creek Sharks vs. Sam Rayburn Texans

For the second straight game, Shadow Creek will face off against Sam Rayburn. The Sharks will head out on the road to challenge the Texans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shadow Creek has three straight wins, Sam Rayburn has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Tuesday, Shadow Creek earned an 8-4 victory over Sam Rayburn.

Ezequiel Ramirez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.

Chase Perthuis

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/22/25 vs Sam Rayburn	2
04/15/25 @ South Houston	1
04/04/25 @ Santa Fe	1
03/25/25 @ Pasadena Memorial	1
02/25/25 vs Foster	1

In other batting news, Chase Perthuis was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was John Oliverio, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Shadow Creek kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in three consecutive matchups.

Shadow Creek's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-11. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Sam Rayburn, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16-2.