Baseball Game Preview: Mountain Range Mustangs vs. Prairie View Thunderhawks

The Mountain Range Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Prairie View Thunderhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain Range has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with nine straight defeats, while Prairie View will come in with seven straight wins.

Mountain Range might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-5 to Skyview, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.

Zane Weingartner was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Landon Maves was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Prairie View sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-9 victory over Brighton on Thursday.

Jerry Stone was incredible, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-4. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Giovanni Tarin, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Prairie View's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Mountain Range, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11.

Mountain Range might still be hurting after the 20-6 defeat they got from Prairie View when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.