On Tuesday, Basha faced Mountain Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Basha Bears beat the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-2. Winning may never get old, but Basha sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Basha got a great performance from Zach Bolles as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Bolles has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gavin Smith, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Madrid, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Mountain Ridge's side, they got a good showing from Matthew Licardi, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Ryland Sands was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Basha pushed their record up to 20-11-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Mountain Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-14.
Basha is on the road again on Friday to play Queen Creek at 6:30 p.m. Queen Creek will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Basha surely won't give up without a fight. Mountain Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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