Baseball Preview: Mesa Jackrabbits vs. Red Mountain Mountain Lions
Mesa is 1-9 against Red Mountain since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mesa Jackrabbits will head out on the road to square off against the Red Mountain Mountain Lions at 6:30 p.m.
Mesa fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Dobson on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 5-4.
Gabe Wojtulewicz made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Red Mountain can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Skyline as Red Mountain made off with a 9-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Red Mountain.
Red Mountain also got a great performance from Preston Peebles as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Chade Wilson was a standout: he went 2-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Hagen Wright was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-5.
Mesa's loss dropped their record down to 6-17. As for Red Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Mesa might still be hurting after the 17-6 defeat they got from Red Mountain in their previous matchup back in March. Can Mesa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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