A feisty cat fight will be fought as Rancho Cucamonga Cougars face off against Redlands East Valley Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Rancho Cucamonga 3, Redlands East Valley 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Rancho Cucamonga is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Summit just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the SkyHawks by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Brock Foulds was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Redlands East Valley won against La Quinta last Friday with two runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Redlands East Valley beat Xavier Prep by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Not much got past Cash Dabbs, who gave up just two hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Xavier Prep off the board. Those 14 strikeouts gave Dabbs a new career-high.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Eric Rivera, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Those hits marked the first that he got this season.
Rancho Cucamonga's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Redlands East Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
Rancho Cucamonga skirted past Redlands East Valley 6-5 when the teams last played back in March of 2022. Does Rancho Cucamonga have another victory up their sleeve, or will Redlands East Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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