Baseball Recap: Mountain View comes up short despite JJ Thompson's strong performance

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 12:28am

Baseball Recap: Mountain View Thunder vs. Camas Papermakers

Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 17th straight defeat. They fell just short of the Camas Papermakers by a score of 12-11. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Mountain View of the 3-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March of 2023.

JJ Thompson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing six bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. He continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brendon Lawson, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.

Even though they lost, Mountain View was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've managed all season.

Mountain View's defeat dropped their record down to 1-19. As for Camas, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-5.

As of now, neither Mountain View nor Camas have any future games scheduled.

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