Mountain View faced Owyhee in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Mavericks fell just short of the Storm by a score of 2-1. The matchup marked the Mavericks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Tate Baird was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Mountain View saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Schneidt, who went 2-for-4 with one double.
This is the second loss in a row for Mountain View and nudges their season record down to 22-12. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 22-4 Middleton (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 87.5% over those games). As for Owyhee, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 28-3.
Mountain View does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Owyhee, they will square off against Middleton at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Storm 3, the Vikings 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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