The Nucla Mustangs will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Dove Creek Bulldogs, where first pitch is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. Dove Creek took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Nucla, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Nucla had just enough and edged Grand Valley out 5-4.
The team relied heavily on Paxtin Caruso, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI. Another player making a difference was Steele Arnold, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Dove Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 38-17 walloping at the hands of Ignacio.
Nucla's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-8-1. As for Dove Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Nucla suffered a grim 15-5 defeat to Dove Creek in their previous meeting on April 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dove Creek's Sheldon Gardner, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Nucla 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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