In what's become a running theme this season, West Ranch gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Saugus Centurions as the West Ranch Wildcats made off with an 8-1 win. The victory was nothing new for West Ranch as they're now sitting on seven straight.
Jackson Banuelos tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Matthew Castrellon relieved him and did a solid job, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Ty Diaz was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-3. Brett Ishikawa was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
On Saugus' side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Haag, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
West Ranch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. As for Saugus, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
West Ranch will have a chance to go back-to-back against Saugus: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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