Baseball Recap: Sunrise Mountain Mustangs vs. Cactus Shadows Falcons
Sunrise Mountain waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They had just enough and edged the Cactus Shadows Falcons out 4-2. For Sunrise Mountain, this counts as revenge for the 8-7 defeat Cactus Shadows walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Sunrise Mountain got a great performance from Beau Crabtree as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ayden McGinnis, who went 2-for-3 with a home run.
On Cactus Shadows' side, Grayson Headon was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off eight hits.
At the plate, Cactus Shadows saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dominic Ziccarelli, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Sunrise Mountain's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-4-1. As for Cactus Shadows, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-12-1 record this season.
Sunrise Mountain will head out on the road to face off against Paradise Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Paradise Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season. As for Cactus Shadows, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Chaparral at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cactus Shadows is facing Chaparral at the right time seeing as Chaparral is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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