The Ridgefield Raptors bats stayed scorching within the Palm Springs of Washington on Monday as they began their closing West Coast League sequence of the 2025 season by pounding out 13 hits in a 12-2 win over the Yakima Valley Pippins at Yakima County Stadium.
Of their final 4 video games, all wins, Ridgefield (23-29 total, 11-14 second half) has scored 49 runs on 48 hits.
Equally spectacular, Austin Sheldon (2-4) went the gap on the mound. The Tumwater native who pitched for Division III Loras Faculty in Dubuque, Iowa, allowed 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and one stroll to ship the Pippins (13-39, 6-19) to their fourth straight loss.
Cooper Whitton had his second four-hit recreation in three days by going 4 for six with two doubles, a triple and 5 RBI. He additionally scored three runs. The Loyola Marymount outfielder began August with a .208 batting common and because of a present five-game hit is now sitting at .381.
Different high hitters for the Raptors included Ryan Camacho going 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run, Andrew Estrella going 2 for 4 with two RBI, Ervin Dorsett going 2 for 4 with two runs, and Dawson Downs hit a run-scoring double within the eighth inning.
Up subsequent
The second recreation of the three-game sequence is at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Yakima.
BOXSCORE: RIDGEFIELD 12, YAKIMA VALLEY 2
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