Baseball Recap: West Ranch Wildcats vs. Hart Indians
West Ranch lost against Hart last Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The West Ranch Wildcats fell just short of the Hart Indians by a score of 5-3. West Ranch has not had much luck with Hart recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
West Ranch got a good showing from Ben Cushnie, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Nolan Stoll was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI. Brett Ishikawa was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
West Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 16-7-1. As for Hart, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Ranch will challenge Maranatha at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (West Ranch: 2.9, Maranatha: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Hart, they will head out on the road to face off against Canyon at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Canyon has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Hart will come in with four straight wins.
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