Baseball Preview: Minarets Mustangs vs. Yosemite Badgers
The Minarets Mustangs will be playing at home against the Yosemite Badgers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Minarets has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought game, but Minarets had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Sierra.
Jaydon Von Wagner was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Minarets didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sierra only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Yosemite had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Riverdale 3-1.
Minarets dropped their record down to 5-13 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Yosemite, their victory bumped their record up to 12-4.
Minarets came up short against Yosemite in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yosemite's Jonah Smock, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Minarets knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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