The Mountain View Vikings will square off against the Arroyo Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain View is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Mountain View is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs last Monday, they were much more limited against Rosemead on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Arroyo and Rosemead have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Monday. The Knights walked away with an 8-5 win over the Panthers.
Oscar Lopez made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Arroyo is 7-1 when Lopez allows one or fewer earned runs, but 6-7 otherwise. Lopez was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.
In other batting news, Andres Mardueno was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one double.
Mountain View has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 12-9 record this season. As for Arroyo, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Arroyo in their previous meeting back in April, as Mountain View made off with an 11-4 win. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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