Castle View had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They walked away with a 10-5 win over the ThunderRidge Grizzlies. This was payback for Castle View, who suffered an 8-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Caden Clifford looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Connor Lang, who fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-4. Ben Knox was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
On ThunderRidge's side, Landon Zentner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Hudson Fagerholt, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Castle View has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for ThunderRidge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-14.
Castle View will head out on the road to square off against Chaparral at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. As for ThunderRidge, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Ponderosa at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. ThunderRidge is facing Ponderosa at the right time seeing as Ponderosa is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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