Baseball Recap: Mountain View Takes a Loss

Monday just wasn't the day for Mountain View's offense. They lost 7-0 to the Red Mountain Mountain Lions on Monday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Toros' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Mountain View got a good showing from Mitchell Lamoreaux, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. That's the first time Lamoreaux hasn't allowed a single earned run since back in March.

On the hitting side, Beckham Barney was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.

Mountain View's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 13-10. As for Red Mountain, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.

While Mountain View had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday.