The Highland Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Mountain View Toros at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Highland will bounce into Friday's match after beating Queen Creek, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Hawks narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Hawks have posted since April 30, 2024.
Meanwhile, Mountain View entered their tilt with Dobson on Thursday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They never let the Mustangs get on the board and left with a 1-0 win.
The result came thanks to Austin Burr's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks.
At the plate, Mountain View saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Beckham Barney, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain View, they pushed their record up to 10-8 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Highland suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Mountain View in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can the Hawks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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