Baseball Game Preview: Valley Vista Monsoon vs. South Mountain Jaguars

The Valley Vista Monsoon will face off against the South Mountain Jaguars at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Valley Vista nor South Mountain posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Valley Vista is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Westwood just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.

Valley Vista got a good showing from Alex Pierog, who pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.

On the hitting side, Valley Vista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diego Munoz, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one run. That triple marked the first that Munoz hit this season.

Meanwhile, South Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 15th straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against Desert Sunrise, falling 12-2.

Valley Vista's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for South Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Valley Vista has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.4 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like South Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.1 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.