Baseball Preview: Mountain View Mountain Lions vs. Cholla Chargers
Mountain View and Cholla are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mountain View Mountain Lions will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Cholla Chargers at 3:45 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Mountain View had to settle for a 9-8 loss against Sahuaro. That's two games in a row now that Mountain View has lost by just one run.
Mountain View saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Thiel, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Colton Kintner, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Cholla had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Marana on Monday. Cholla has struggled against Marana recently, as their match on Monday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Mountain View dropped their record down to 3-19-2 with that loss, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Cholla, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-12.
Mountain View suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Cholla when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cholla's Junior Martinez, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Now that Mountain View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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