Baseball Preview: South El Monte Eagles vs. Mountain View Vikings
South El Monte and Mountain View are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The South El Monte Eagles will be playing at home against the Mountain View Vikings at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. South El Monte will be strutting in after a victory while Mountain View will be coming in after a defeat.
In what's become a running theme this season, South El Monte gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They blew past Gabrielino 10-1. The victory was nothing new for South El Monte as they're now sitting on three straight.
Andrew Medina was incredible, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Emiliano Gonzalez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mountain View fell victim to Arroyo and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 11-0 walloping at the hands of the Knights. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mountain View in their matchups with Arroyo: they've now lost six in a row.
South El Monte has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
South El Monte was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain View when the teams last played back in March, winning 6-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mountain View's OSCAR OLVERA, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will South El Monte still be able to contain OLVERA? There's only one way to find out.
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