Mountainburg is 7-2 against Westside since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Mountainburg Dragons will head out on the road to challenge the Westside Rebels at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountainburg has five straight victories, Westside has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mountainburg scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They put the hurt on Magazine with a sharp 22-0 win. The result was nothing new for Mountainburg, who have now won six contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
John Shepherd and Levi Pense made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Shepherd struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Pense struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Shepherd scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Pense scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Pense has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
In other batting news, Mountainburg got a massive performance out of Bryson Quinalty, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Allen, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Westside might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 23-6 to Subiaco Academy, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Mountainburg pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 16.3 runs. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7-1.
Everything went Mountainburg's way against Westside in their previous meeting back in March of 2020 as Mountainburg made off with a 14-4 win. Will Mountainburg repeat their success, or does Westside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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