Baseball Preview: Mountain Pointe Pride vs. Casa Grande Cougars
Mountain Pointe has enjoyed a six-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Casa Grande Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Wednesday, Mountain Pointe suffered a rough 18-2 defeat at the hands of Casteel.
Mountain Pointe saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Crossland, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Casa Grande was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 11-2 walloping at the hands of Williams Field.
Mountain Pointe dropped their record down to 10-10 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs per game. As for Casa Grande, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11-1.
Everything went Mountain Pointe's way against Casa Grande in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Mountain Pointe made off with a 9-2 win. Does Mountain Pointe have another victory up their sleeve, or will Casa Grande turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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