In what's become a running theme this season, Millard West gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Everything went their way against the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs as the Millard West Wildcats made off with an 11-1 victory. The win was familiar territory for Millard West who now have four in a row.
Payton Roberts looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on JD Moffett, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Chance Roberts, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
On Papillion-LaVista's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tanner Apgar, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Millard West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Papillion-LaVista, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-2.
Millard West will head out on the road to square off against Millard South at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Millard South is on a four-game streak of home wins, Millard West a four-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Papillion-LaVista, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-1 loss vs. Omaha Westside on the 9th.
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