West Ranch waltzed into their game on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Canyon Cowboys an 11-0 shutout. 11 seems to be a good number for West Ranch as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
West Ranch got a great performance from Jackson Banuelos as he didn't allow a single earned run and only a hit while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Ricky Sturm relieved him and did a solid job, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Miles Topping was a standout: he scored a run while going 1-for-1. Brett Ishikawa was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Canyon's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tsukasa Ozaki, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
West Ranch is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season. As for Canyon, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-8.
West Ranch will have a chance to go back-to-back against Canyon: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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