Baseball Recap: Gilbert Sets Scoring Season-High Against Mesquite

Tigers

Team Score (Highest)

03/06/25 vs Mesquite	6
03/01/25 vs Vista Grande	4
02/26/25 @ Saguaro	4
03/03/25 vs Sunnyside	2
02/28/25 @ Crismon	2

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Gilbert and Mesquite meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Gilbert Tigers came up short against the Mesquite Wildcats, falling 13-6. One positive for the Tigers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Brady Carlin put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Carlin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, Ryan Eggerling was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Wilfredo Aviles IV also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Gilbert's defeat was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Mesquite, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.

Looking ahead, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Gilbert Tigers duke it out with South Mountain Jaguars at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Gilbert is facing South Mountain at the right time seeing as South Mountain is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Mesquite, they will square off against Higley at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Higley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Mesquite's hitters will have their work cut out for them.