Softball Recap: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Shadow Ridge Stallions
On Tuesday, Red Mountain faced Shadow Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions walked away with a 6-1 win over the Shadow Ridge Stallions. That's more bragging rights for Red Mountain, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kendall Cochran spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sophia Marquez, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Victoria Montenegro, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two doubles.
On Shadow Ridge's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madilyn Gentner, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Red Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season. As for Shadow Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 21-6-1.
Red Mountain will be playing at home against Sunnyside at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sunnyside: 2.9, Red Mountain: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. Shadow Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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