The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will challenge the Eldorado Firehawks at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Shadow Ridge's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Eldorado has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Desert Oasis, who was ranked seventh at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked 13th). The Mustangs were the clear victors by an 11-5 margin over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
Skyler Fife
| 04/30/25 vs Desert Oasis | 5 |
| 04/04/25 @ Spring Valley | 4 |
| 03/28/25 vs Legacy | 3 |
| 04/10/25 vs Foothill | 1 |
| 04/08/25 @ Foothill | 1 |
Skyler Fife looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Shadow Ridge let Evan Noble and Kyson Rollo run wild. Noble got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, while Rollo went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. That's the most runs Noble has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Anthony Montesanti, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Shadow Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Eldorado lost 16-1 to Sierra Vista on Wednesday.
Shadow Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-14 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.5 runs over those games. As for Eldorado, their loss dropped their record down to 11-15.
Everything went Shadow Ridge's way against Eldorado when the teams last played back in April of 2019, as Shadow Ridge made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Firehawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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