The Arvada West Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Ralston Valley Mustangs at 11:00 a.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Arvada West sitting on six straight victories and Ralston Valley on three.
Arvada West's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Chatfield 2-0.
The result came thanks to Brayden Reiner's shutout, as he gave up just three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Arvada West saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mateo Rowzee, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Ralston Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Lakewood on Thursday, taking the game 7-2.
Wyatt Morwood tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kai Douglas, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and a stolen base.
Arvada West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Ralston Valley, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Arvada West has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Ralston Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Arvada West was able to grind out a solid victory over Ralston Valley in their previous matchup last Thursday, winning 4-1. Will Arvada West repeat their success, or does Ralston Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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