Baseball Preview: East Mountain Timberwolves vs. Tucumcari Rattlers
East Mountain is 10-0 against Tucumcari since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The East Mountain Timberwolves will head out on the road to square off against the Tucumcari Rattlers at 1:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Mountain has seven straight victories, Tucumcari has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Mountain's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Sandia Prep.
The result came thanks to Logan Aucker's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up 16 Ks.
At the plate, Rylen Radosevich was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Charles Birdwell was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Tucumcari fell victim to New Mexico Military Institute and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 14-0 to the Colts.
Even though they lost, Tucumcari didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as New Mexico Military Institute only tossed four.
East Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Tucumcari, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-15.
Tucumcari's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: East Mountain hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .393. It's a different story for Tucumcari, though, as they've only averaged .226. Will they be able to contain East Mountain's hitters?
Everything went East Mountain's way against Tucumcari in their previous meeting back in April as East Mountain made off with a 17-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Mountain 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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