Baseball Recap: Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions vs. Sunnyslope Vikings
Mountain Ridge won the last time they faced Sunnyslope, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions came out on top in a nail-biter against the Sunnyslope Vikings and snuck past 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mountain Ridge.
Kaleb Williams tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jackson Forbes was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Forbes, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a double.
On Sunnyslope's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Keogh, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Mountain Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Sunnyslope, they dropped their record down to 15-7 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Mountain Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against Sunnyslope: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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