Baseball Preview: Sierra Vista Mountain Lions vs. Del Sol Dragons
Sierra Vista is 3-0 against Del Sol since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will be playing at home against the Del Sol Dragons at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sierra Vista has nine straight wins, Del Sol has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Legacy, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked tenth). Sierra Vista never let Legacy onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Thursday.
Not much got past Austin Angelo, who gave up just three hits to keep Legacy off the board. Angelo has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alex Guevara and Owen Angelo did most of the damage at the plate: Guevara went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run, while Angelo scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Del Sol's offense. They suffered a tough 16-0 defeat at the hands of Sierra Vista on Monday. The shutout was out of character for Del Sol seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Sierra Vista has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Del Sol, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Sierra Vista took their win against Del Sol in their previous meeting on Monday by a conclusive 16-0. Will Sierra Vista repeat their success, or does Del Sol have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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