Baseball Preview: Mountain View Mavericks vs. Timberline Wolves
The Mountain View Mavericks will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Timberline Wolves at 1:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Mountain View's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Timberline has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Last Friday, Mountain View earned a 4-1 win over Kuna.
Will Grizzle was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Grizzle was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
In other pitching news, Jake Holbrook looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Cade Burnham, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Timberline narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Kuna 4-2.
Haiden Delong tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Isaac Mills was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Mountain View is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Timberline, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
Mountain View came up short against Timberline in their previous meeting back in April, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Delong, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched. Now that Mountain View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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