Baseball Game Preview: Mountain View Spartans vs. Los Gatos Wildcats

By Team Reports Mar 24, 2024, 2:17am

Preview: Mountain View Spartans vs. Los Gatos Wildcats

Mountain View has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Los Gatos Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Mountain View: 3.7, Los Gatos: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.

On Saturday, Mountain View made easy work of Saratoga and carried off an 8-1 win.

Ethan Guilhamet looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk).

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Chase Caringella, who went 1-for-1 with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Xu, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.

Meanwhile, Los Gatos has not done well against Palo Alto recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Los Gatos had just enough and edged Palo Alto out 4-3.

The victory got Mountain View back to even at 6-6. As for Los Gatos, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Mountain View might still be hurting after the 12-4 defeat they got from Los Gatos in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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