Baseball Game Preview: Eagle Mustangs vs. Mountain View Mavericks

Mustangs

Runs

04/30/25 vs Timberline	15
04/29/25 vs Meridian	12
04/25/25 @ Owyhee	0
04/24/25 vs Mountain View	1
04/22/25 @ Middleton	1
+ 17 more games

The Eagle Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Mountain View Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eagle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

On Wednesday, Eagle made easy work of Timberline and carried off a 15-3 win. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by exactly 12 runs.

Eagle got a massive performance out of Brady Ford, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most runs Ford has posted since back in March. Jack Swanstrom was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.

Eagle was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .458. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Timberline only posted a batting average of .250.

Meanwhile, Mountain View had just enough and edged out Kuna 2-1 on Friday. The Mavericks haven't had any issues with the Kavemen recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Davey Green spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on two hits.

At the plate, Mountain View saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Burnham, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.

The win made it two in a row for Eagle and bumps their season record up to 13-9. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs over those games. As for Mountain View, their record is now 15-8.

Eagle suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Mountain View in their previous meeting on Thursday. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.