For the second straight game, Mountain Crest will face off against Bear River. The Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Bears at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Crest will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Mountain Crest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bear River, who was ranked tenth at the time (Mountain Crest was ranked 18th). The Mustangs sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 win over the Bears on Wednesday. Six seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jackson Pearce was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one triple. Ethan Nielsen was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Mountain Crest's win bumped their record up to 15-2. As for Bear River, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-4.
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