The Arleta Mustangs will face off against the Van Nuys Wolves at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Arleta hasn't scored more than two runs for ten games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Arleta lost 11-2 to Monroe on Monday.
Arleta saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Melendez, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Those RBI marked the first that Melendez has brought in this season.
The home team had won the previous two meetings between Van Nuys and Chavez, and Van Nuys kept the tradition alive. The Wolves put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 8-2 victory on Monday. Considering the Wolves have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Jonathan Garcia spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits. Van Nuys is 3-1 when Garcia allows one or fewer earned runs, but 3-4 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Van Nuys got a big performance out of Kevin Mata, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Mata is becoming a predictor of the Wolves' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Alejandro Diaz, who went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and two runs.
Van Nuys' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Arleta, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
Arleta couldn't quite finish off Van Nuys in their previous meeting back in April of 2025 and fell 5-3. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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