Baseball Game Preview: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Skyline Coyotes

Mountain Lions

Runs

04/04/25 @ Kofa	6
04/03/25 vs Mesa	10
04/01/25 @ Mesa	9
03/28/25 vs Queen Creek	2
03/27/25 vs Dobson	11
+ 14 more games

Red Mountain is 8-2 against Skyline since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Mountain Lions will be playing at home against the Coyotes at 6:30 p.m. Red Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.

Red Mountain fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Kofa on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Kings by a score of 7-6.

Red Mountain saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Olsen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Another was Keith Price, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Skyline, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against Westwood on Thursday as they made off with a 14-3 win. The Coyotes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by nine runs or more this season.

Thor Pelczarski tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits.

At the plate, Skyline let Dru Moore and Hunter Daniels run wild. Moore scored four runs while going 3-for-3, while Daniels went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and one triple. What's more, Moore posted two doubles, the most he's had since back in March. Ryan Vitale was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing four bases.

Red Mountain's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-4. As for Skyline, their victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 11-7.

Red Mountain took their win against Skyline when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 9-1 score. Will the Mountain Lions repeat their success, or do the Coyotes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.