Baseball Preview: Desert Vista Thunder vs. Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions
The Desert Vista Thunder will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Desert Vista's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Chandler and snuck past 1-0. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Desert Vista has scored all year.
The result came thanks to PJ Alig's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks. It was the first time this season that he allowed two or more hits.
At the plate, Desert Vista saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Gutierrez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Gutierrez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Mountain Ridge sidestepped Corona del Sol for a 2-1 victory.
Smith Bailey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits.
On the hitting side, Jackson Forbes was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Desert Vista has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, they now have a winning record of 13-12.
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