Baseball Preview: Mountain Vista Golden Eagles vs. Columbine Rebels
The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Columbine Rebels at 4:15 p.m. The last five games Mountain Vista has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Things were looking good for Mountain Vista after they put the first points on the board on Wednesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of ThunderRidge by a score of 10-8.
Mountain Vista got a good showing from Austin Graber, who pitched two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Graber has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Alex King made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ty Moody, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Columbine sidestepped Bear Creek for an 8-6 win.
Ian Alexander tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Noah Graves, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Elias Frainier, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Mountain Vista's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-12-1. As for Columbine, their victory bumped their record up to 6-14-1.
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