Baseball Recap: Mountain View picks up third straight win at home

By Team Reports Apr 7, 2024, 4:22pm

Baseball Recap: Mountain View Toros vs. Skyline Coyotes

Mountain View won against Alhambra on Friday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Mountain View Toros came out on top against the Skyline Coyotes by a score of 7-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mountain View.

Chase Welker was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Welker was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kooper Klein, who went 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and a double.

On Skyline's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenyon Johnson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Mountain View's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-12. As for Skyline, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-8 record this season.

Mountain View will be playing in front of their home fans against Westwood at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Westwood's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Mountain View's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Skyline, they are on the road again on Monday to play Red Mountain at 6:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Red Mountain: 3.4, Skyline: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

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