Baseball Preview: Mountain View Cougars vs. Caldera
Mountain View is 5-0 against Caldera since April of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mountain View Cougars will head out on the road to challenge Caldera at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain View has three straight victories, Caldera has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Mountain View beats Caldera with eight runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Mountain View had just enough and edged Caldera out 8-7. That's two games straight that Mountain View has won by just one run.
For Caldera's part, Brody Whitcomb was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. McCovey Williams was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Mountain View's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-3. As for Caldera, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
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