Baseball Game Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Woods Cross Wildcats

Mountain Ridge has won 11 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Woods Cross has won 11 straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will host the Woods Cross Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. Mountain Ridge will be strutting in after a victory while Woods Cross will be coming in after a defeat.

While Mountain Ridge's win against Fremont wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Mountain Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Fremont on Wednesday, sneaking past 6-5. That's two games straight that the Sentinels have won by just one run.

The team relied heavily on Ethan Iacono, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in May of 2024. Grayson Riding was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Woods Cross fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Syracuse on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 5-4. The loss was the Wildcats' first of the season.

Paxton Healy was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. That's the fewest earned runs he has allowed since back in March of 2024.

On the hitting side, Jackson Bodily was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kason Lythgoe, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Having lost for the first time this season, Woods Cross fell to 2-1. As for Mountain Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.