Baseball Preview: Mira Monte Lions vs. Arvin Bears
Mira Monte is 1-9 against Arvin since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Mira Monte Lions will look to defend their home field against the Arvin Bears at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mira Monte is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Del Oro on Wednesday as Mira Monte made off with a 21-1 victory. With that win, Mira Monte brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Derek Choate was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Choate was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mira Monte let Aaron Oliveros and Coltyn Weatherly loose on the outfield. Oliveros scored four runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Weatherly scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Oliveros has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Hudson Weatherly, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Arvin had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 16-1 margin over the Suns.
The team relied heavily on Jaime Pantoja, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Ramirez, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Mira Monte has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-12 record this season. As for Arvin, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-6.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Mira Monte has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.5 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Arvin struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.1. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Mira Monte suffered a grim 17-3 defeat to Arvin in their previous matchup on April 3rd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Arvin's Jesus Aguilar, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Mira Monte knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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