Baseball Game Preview: Mountain View Toros vs. Highland Hawks

The Mountain View Toros will face off against the Highland Hawks at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Highland will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Mountain View extended their winning streak to six on Thursday. The Toros' pitcher stepped up to hand Dobson a 1-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Toros have posted since February 27th.

Not much got past Austin Burr, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Dobson off the board.

At the plate, Mountain View saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Beckham Barney, who went 2-for-3 with one double.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Highland, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They skirted past Queen Creek 2-1.

Highland is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain View, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-8.

Everything went Mountain View's way against Highland when the teams last played back in February of 2023, as Mountain View made off with a 6-0 victory. Do the Toros have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.