Red Bluff had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Shasta Wolves a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Red Bluff also won the last time the pair played last Friday.
Not much got past Cooper Sides, who gave up just four hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Shasta off the board. Sides has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Red Bluff's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Oscar Torres, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with an RBI.
On Shasta's side, Jack Dehn was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
Red Bluff is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Shasta, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-14-1.
Red Bluff will challenge Pleasant Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pleasant Valley: 3.3, Red Bluff: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. Shasta does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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