The Arbor View Aggies will square off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Arbor View's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Shadow Ridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Shadow Ridge will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Arbor View extended their winning streak to three on Friday. The Aggies blew past The Meadows School 7-1.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge faced Faith Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Mustangs narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Crusaders 4-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mustangs have posted since March 26th.
Shadow Ridge got a great performance from Spencer Walters as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Walters also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Mustangs are 4-2 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 6-12 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Shadow Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Oliver Schoppmann, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Shadow Ridge's win bumped their record up to 10-14. As for Arbor View, their victory bumped their record up to 24-6.
Arbor View beat Shadow Ridge 11-6 when the teams last played back in March. Do the Aggies have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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