The Douglas County West Falcon are on the road again on Saturday to play the Central City/Centura Kernels at 10:00 a.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Douglas County West can't be too worried about heading out to take on Central City/Centura: they just beat Lincoln Lutheran at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Douglas County West came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln Lutheran on Friday and snuck past 2-1.
Wil Reeves spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Douglas County West saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonas Meairs-Richman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Meairs-Richman has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, while Central City/Centura put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Roncalli Catholic. Central City/Centura had just enough and edged Roncalli Catholic out 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Central City/Centura.
Douglas County West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Central City/Centura, their win bumped their record up to 17-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Douglas County West has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Central City/Centura struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Douglas County West suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Central City/Centura in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Douglas County West, Ashton Gragg (who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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