Baseball Recap: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Westwood Warriors
In what's become a running theme this season, Red Mountain gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Everything went their way against the Westwood Warriors as the Red Mountain Mountain Lions made off with a 7-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Red Mountain.
Preston Peebles tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hagen Wright, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run. Another player making a difference was Cade Olsen, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Red Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Westwood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-7-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Red Mountain will challenge Hamilton at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Hamilton is on a six-game streak of home wins, Red Mountain a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Westwood, they will head out on the road to face off against Mesa at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Westwood's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Mesa's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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