Baseball Game Preview: Chaparral Firebirds vs. Red Mountain Mountain Lions

The Chaparral Firebirds will take on the Red Mountain Mountain Lions in a tournament on Friday. The last four games Chaparral has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Chaparral will bounce into Friday's game after beating Hamilton, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Chaparral came out on top against Hamilton on Thursday by a score of 4-2 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Truman Parker

Batters Struck Out

03/13/25 vs Hamilton	2
03/06/25 vs Mountain Pointe	1
03/01/25 vs Hamilton	1
02/28/25 vs Kofa	0
04/24/24 vs Desert View	1
04/17/24 @ Horizon	2

Truman Parker looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. What's more, he posted two strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024.

At the plate, Gavin Mesa was incredible, firing off two home runs and three runs while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in home runs.

Meanwhile, Red Mountain is ranked highly in their home state and on Wednesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Faith Lutheran. Red Mountain fell just short of Faith Lutheran by a score of 9-7. The Mountain Lions' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.

Carter Macanas was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and one double. Wyatt Bundy was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

Chaparral has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.67 runs across that stretch. Red Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 5-2.

Chaparral skirted past Red Mountain 4-2 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Will Chaparral repeat their success, or does Red Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.