Baseball Game Preview: Milpitas Trojans vs. Mountain View Spartans

For the first time this season, Milpitas will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will square off against the Mountain View Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Milpitas has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Mountain View will come in with four straight wins.

Milpitas came into this matchup off a tough 11-run defeat two weeks ago. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Branham by a score of 4-2 last Thursday. Surprisingly, this marked the fifth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.

Hugo Garay

Batters Struck Out

03/13/25 vs Branham	7
03/08/25 vs Westmont	5
03/04/25 @ Westmont	4
03/01/25 vs Oak Grove	5
05/18/24 @ Santa Cruz	4
+ 8 more games

Hugo Garay put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI. That double marked the first that he hit this season.

Garay wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Chavez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Ian Ostrander also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Meanwhile, Mountain View earned a 4-1 victory over Sequoia on Saturday.

Jaeden Pietrofeso looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. What's more, he gave up only zero walks, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024.

Mountain View pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Milpitas, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.

Milpitas couldn't quite finish off Mountain View in their previous matchup back in April of 2018 and fell 7-5. Can Milpitas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.