Sunrise Mountain has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Liberty Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Wednesday, while Sunrise Mountain put up some runs, the same can't be said for Willow Canyon. Sunrise Mountain narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Willow Canyon 1-0. That's two games straight that Sunrise Mountain has won by just one run.
Bryce Madison tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over 7.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Sunrise Mountain's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cory Oxford, who went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Liberty had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over the Pioneers.
Sunrise Mountain's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3-1. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 11-6.
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