The Millard West Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Millard South Patriots at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Millard West can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Millard North. That's two games straight that Millard West has won by exactly ten runs.
Ethan Cole looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mike Valdivia was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. JD Moffett was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Millard South faced Papillion-LaVista South in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Everything went Millard South's way against Papillion-LaVista South as Millard South made off with an 11-1 win. 11 seems to be a good number for Millard South as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Millard South also got a great performance from Brycen Botos as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Will Thomas was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last five games he's played. Another player making a difference was Harrison Hart, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Millard West's win bumped their record up to 26-4. As for Millard South, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 21 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Millard West has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 5 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Millard South struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.5. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Millard West came out on top in a nail-biter against Millard South in their previous meeting last Wednesday, sneaking past 6-5. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Millard South's Brandon Berge, who struck out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Millard West still be able to contain Berge? There's only one way to find out.
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