Baseball Preview: Mountain Crest Mustangs vs. Ridgeline Riverhawks
The Mountain Crest Mustangs will be playing at home against the Ridgeline Riverhawks at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Mountain Crest is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Ridgeline just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Riverhawks by a score of 6-4.
Rylin Needham was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mountain Crest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Smith, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Mountain Crest's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-9. As for Ridgeline, they pushed their record up to 16-6 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
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