For the second straight game, Cactus Shadows will face off against Arcadia. Cactus Shadows will head out to challenge Arcadia at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Cactus Shadows is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Tuesday, Cactus Shadows got the win against Arcadia by a conclusive 10-4. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won 11 games by six runs or more so far this season.
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Dominic Ziccarelli and Keyen Marquez did most of the damage at the plate: Ziccarelli went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI, while Marquez went 3-for-4 with one home run and three RBI. Those three hits gave Marquez a new career-high. Karsten Peglowski also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Cactus Shadows was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .357 or higher in eight consecutive matches.
Cactus Shadows pushed their record up to 13-0-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.1 runs over those games. As for Arcadia, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Arcadia's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Cactus Shadows has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Arcadia, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8 strikeouts. Will Cactus Shadows keep running through batters, or will Arcadia buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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