The Arbor View Aggies will play host again on Friday to welcome the Shadow Ridge Mustangs, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Arbor View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Las Vegas, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Arbor View was ranked 21st). Arbor View fell just short of Las Vegas by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. Arbor View has not had much luck with Las Vegas recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Arbor View saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colton Christman, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Shadow Ridge's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Desert Oasis. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Shadow Ridge has not been shut out since back in March.
Shadow Ridge also got a good showing from Jackson Nelson, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Nelson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Arbor View's loss dropped their record down to 11-19-2. As for Shadow Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-14-1.
Arbor View suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Shadow Ridge when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shadow Ridge's Ammon Shaul, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that Arbor View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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