The Rifle Bears will take on the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Rifle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs last Saturday, they were much more limited against Grand Junction on Wednesday. They lost 12-2 to the Tigers.
Josh Wright made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Mountain View took care of business in their home opener (barely) on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Evergreen 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mountain Lions have posted since April 13, 2024.
Mountain View saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Roman Kenney, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. Those two RBI gave Kenney a new career-high.
Rifle suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Mountain View in their previous matchup back in March of 2019. Can Rifle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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