The Desert Oasis Diamondbacks will head out on the road to take on the Las Vegas Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Desert Oasis will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Last Thursday, Desert Oasis faced Arbor View in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Desert Oasis came out on top in a nail-biter against Arbor View and snuck past 7-5. That's two games straight that Desert Oasis has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Joell Castro, who scored a run and stole a base while going 5-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Aidan Smith was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Las Vegas' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Faith Lutheran by a score of 12-10. Even though they lost, Las Vegas' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.2 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Kyle Iverson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-5 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Desert Oasis' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-16. As for Las Vegas, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-3-1.
Desert Oasis came up short against Las Vegas in their previous matchup back in March, falling 7-3. Can Desert Oasis avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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