Golden Valley is on a four-game streak of home losses, and West Ranch a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Wednesday. The Golden Valley Grizzlies will welcome the West Ranch Wildcats at 3:15 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Golden Valley fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Valencia on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 9-7.
Skyler Sears and Ayden Renstrom did some serious damage despite the final result: Sears went 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI, while Renstrom got on base in three of his six plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Connor Anderson was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, West Ranch didn't have quite enough to beat Hart on Friday and fell 6-5.
Mikey Murr was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Murr was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two runs.
Murr wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Manning, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Another was Ryan Oh, who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
West Ranch's loss dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Golden Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-15.
Golden Valley couldn't quite get it done against West Ranch in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 6-3. Can the Grizzlies avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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