The Arbor View Aggies will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Las Vegas Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. Arbor View is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Arbor View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Arbor View was ranked 20th). Arbor View took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Liberty on Friday.
Michael Reed was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas beat Foothill 8-5 on Monday.
Las Vegas let Joseph Ponticello and Aadyn Jaime loose on the outfield. Ponticello went 1-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a double, while Jaime scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Gage McCown was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
Arbor View's defeat dropped their record down to 11-18-2. As for Las Vegas, their win bumped their record up to 19-7-1.
Arbor View came up short against Las Vegas when the teams last played on April 5th, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ponticello, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Now that Arbor View 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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