Preview: West Ranch Wildcats vs. Saugus Centurions
After three games on the road, West Ranch is heading back home. They will take on the Saugus Centurions at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. West Ranch's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Saugus' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
In what's become a running theme this season, West Ranch gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-1 margin over Saugus.
West Ranch got a great performance from Jackson Banuelos as he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Banuelos has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Matthew Castrellon relieved him and did a solid job, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, West Ranch got a big performance out of Ty Diaz, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Brett Ishikawa, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
West Ranch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. As for Saugus, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
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