Shadow Ridge is 8-0 against Liberty since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will be playing at home against the Liberty Patriots at 3:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Shadow Ridge: 3.3, Liberty: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked third). Shadow Ridge took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Centennial on Monday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Shadow Ridge couldn't push the score so high this time.
Shadow Ridge saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carmella Garganese, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, while it was Liberty who put the first points on the board on Monday, it was Coronado who put up more. Liberty fell just short of Coronado by a score of 4-3. Liberty has struggled against Coronado recently, as their game on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Charlotte Crittenden was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Morgyn Vesco made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a double.
Shadow Ridge's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Shadow Ridge beat Liberty 7-2 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will Shadow Ridge repeat their success, or does Liberty have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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