Baseball Game Preview: Sanger Apaches vs. Highland Scots

The Sanger Apaches will challenge the Highland Scots at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Sanger knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Highland likes a good challenge.

Sanger is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Cabrillo by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. Considering the Apaches have won 11 games by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, Highland had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Sierra Pacific on Friday, sneaking past 5-3.

Highland saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Valdez, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. That's the most runs Valdez has posted since back in March.

Sanger pushed their record up to 19-8 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Highland, their win bumped their record up to 16-13.

Sanger beat Highland 6-2 in their previous meeting back in June of 2021. Will the Apaches repeat their success, or do the Scots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.