Millard West has gone 10-0 against Bellevue West recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Millard West Wildcats will be playing at home against the Bellevue West Thunderbirds at 11:30 a.m. Millard West will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive.
Millard West is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 13-5 margin over Papillion-LaVista South on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won eight games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, while Bellevue West put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Burke. Bellevue West put the hurt on Burke with a sharp 13-0 victory. With that win, the Thunderbirds brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Aubrey Busch was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBI, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Elli Reyes, who went 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bellevue West always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .640. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 35.4% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 50.9%.
Millard West has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Bellevue West, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-13.
Everything went Millard West's way against Bellevue West in their previous matchup back in August, as Millard West made off with a 10-1 win. Does Millard West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bellevue West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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