Baseball Preview: Mountain View Eagles vs. Montrose Meteors
Mountain View and Montrose are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Mountain View Eagles will be playing at home against the Montrose Meteors at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Montrose took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain View, who comes in off a win.
While Mountain View has not struggled against Elk Lake recently, they managed to flip the script on Saturday. Mountain View was the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Elk Lake.
Riley Jagger spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ziggy Bradford, who scored a run and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Barnes, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Montrose fell victim to a rough 9-3 loss at the hands of Elk Lake on Monday. Montrose has struggled against Elk Lake recently, as their matchup on Monday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
The victory got Mountain View back to even at 1-1. As for Montrose, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against Montrose in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 10-9. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Montrose have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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