The Damonte Ranch Mustangs will square off against the Carson Senators at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The last four games Damonte Ranch has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Damonte Ranch made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Douglas, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Mustangs fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 6-4 on Thursday. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Damonte Ranch saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Topher Shirley, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Carson lost 13-6 to McQueen on Thursday. The Senators have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tyler LaFollette was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Carson's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-2 (and 4-17 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Cook, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Carson's defeat dropped their record down to 8-19. As for Damonte Ranch, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
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