The Las Vegas Wildcats will face off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Las Vegas will be strutting in after a win while Shadow Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.
Las Vegas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked 25th at the time (Las Vegas was ranked seventh). The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Cougars on Wednesday. Three seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
BRYDEN BULL was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Liberty on Tuesday and fell 9-8. The Mustangs have struggled against the Patriots recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Oliver Schoppmann was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Brayden Leavitt, who went 3-for-4 with two runs.
Las Vegas is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.4 runs over those games. As for Shadow Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.
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