Baseball Game Preview: Camas Heads Out

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 12:21pm

Baseball Preview: Camas Papermakers vs. Mountain View Thunder

Camas and Mountain View are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Camas Papermakers will head out on the road to face off against the Mountain View Thunder at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Camas has five straight victories, Mountain View has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Wednesday, Camas beat Prairie 6-2.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Mountain View had to settle for a 6-4 defeat against Skyview on Monday.

JJ Thompson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Dylan Knox, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.

Camas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.

Camas came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Camas since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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