Baseball Preview: Sunrise Mountain Mustangs vs. Nogales Apaches
The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Nogales Apaches, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Sunrise Mountain's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Nogales' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
In what's become a running theme this season, Sunrise Mountain gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Nogales as Sunrise Mountain made off with an 8-1 victory.
Bryce Madison looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Connor Mayer and Andrew Balian did most of the damage at the plate: Mayer scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4, while Balian got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Haseltine, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Sunrise Mountain pushed their record up to 28-4-1 with that win, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Nogales, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season.
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