Baseball Preview: Mountain View Mavericks vs. Rocky Mountain Grizzlies
The Mountain View Mavericks will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mountain View is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They skirted past Eagle 5-3.
Conner Marshall spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mountain View's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Judge, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain faced Middleton in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Rocky Mountain had just enough and edged Middleton out 3-1.
Rocky Mountain also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Lincoln Mathis gave up only one earned run on nine hits.
Mountain View has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Rocky Mountain, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-8.
Mountain View came up short against Rocky Mountain in their previous meeting last Tuesday, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mathis, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Mountain View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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