Baseball Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Mountain View Mountain Lions
Roosevelt is 2-8 against Mountain View since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will look to defend their home field against the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 12:00 p.m. Roosevelt is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Roosevelt made easy work of Frederick and carried off a 13-3 victory. That's two games straight that Roosevelt has won by exactly ten runs.
Israel Castillo made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Castillo has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Castillo was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Josiah Martinez, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kayden Bryant, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Mountain View's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell victim to a tough 15-5 loss at the hands of Northridge.
Mountain View saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Mraz, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Roosevelt's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7. As for Mountain View, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
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