It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mountain Ridge had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Fremont Silverwolves a 10-0 shutout. Mountain Ridge might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 14 contests by six runs or more this season.
Anderson Decker tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Stockton Fowlks was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Remington Edwards, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Fremont's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garet Jones, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Mountain Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Fremont, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-11.
Mountain Ridge will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Corner Canyon at 4:30 p.m. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season. Fremont does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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