Baseball Preview: Mountain View Mavericks vs. Rocky Mountain Grizzlies
The Mountain View Mavericks will head out on the road to face off against the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Mountain View beats Rocky Mountain with four runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Mountain View came out on top against Timberline by a score of 4-1 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mountain View.
Conner Marshall spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Mountain View's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Will Grizzle, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Capital 11-1. The victory was nothing new for Rocky Mountain as they're now sitting on six straight.
Rocky Mountain also got a great performance from Chase Garrison as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Garrison has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jackson Wendt was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Wesley Thompson, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a double.
Mountain View has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Rocky Mountain, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Mountain View has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Rocky Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Mountain View suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Rocky Mountain in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rocky Mountain's Lincoln Mathis, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that Mountain View 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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