Baseball Game Preview: Monte Vista on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 8:07am

Baseball Preview: Monte Vista Monarchs vs. West Hills Wolf Pack

The Monte Vista Monarchs will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Hills Wolf Pack at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Monte Vista can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They never let El Cajon Valley onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for Monte Vista who now have four in a row.

Reuben Cabugwas and Niko Heidt did most of the damage at the plate: Cabugwas scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Heidt scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was David Aceron, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, West Hills narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Grossmont 13-12.

Monte Vista's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-6-1. As for West Hills, their win bumped their record up to 10-13.

Everything went Monte Vista's way against West Hills when the teams last played back in April as Monte Vista made off with a 12-5 victory. Does Monte Vista have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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