The North Sand Mountain Bison will venture away from home to take on the Shades Valley Mounties at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Sand Mountain has four straight wins, Shades Valley has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
North Sand Mountain will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Dade County, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. North Sand Mountain narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Dade County 5-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bison have posted since March 27, 2024.
North Sand Mountain's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Carson Harvey, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another was Luke Reed, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Shades Valley lost 12-1 to St. Clair County on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Mounties have lost by exactly 11 runs.
North Sand Mountain pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Shades Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
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