Baseball Preview: Mountain Vista Golden Eagles vs. Douglas County Huskies
Mountain Vista is 7-1 against Douglas County since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will be playing at home against the Douglas County Huskies at 4:15 p.m. Neither Mountain Vista nor Douglas County posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Mountain Vista is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Castle View just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Sabercats by a score of 3-2.
Austin Graber spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Mountain Vista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Beffel, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Beffel has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Douglas County fell victim to a tough 12-2 loss at the hands of Castle View on Friday.
Caden Absher was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Mountain Vista's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Douglas County, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Mountain Vista came out on top in a nail-biter against Douglas County in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Douglas County's Max Stanley, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Mountain Vista to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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