The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs will be taking part in a tournament against the Castle View Sabercats at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sunrise Mountain will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Saturday, then bounced right back against Santa Fe South on Saturday. Sunrise Mountain put the hurt on Santa Fe South with a sharp 15-2 victory. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by eight runs or more this season.
Easton Thomas looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
Keaston Bowman
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Keaston Bowman, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Chase Heid was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Sunrise Mountain kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, Castle View never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Valor Christian. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sabercats.
Samuel Harry was incredible, firing off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Gordon, who went 1-for-2 with one home run.
Sunrise Mountain has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. Castle View's win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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