After four games on the road, Mountain Crest is heading back home. After both having extra time off, they and the Green Canyon Wolves will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain Crest lost a heartbreaker to Bear River when they met back in April of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again last Friday. Mountain Crest fell just short of Bear River by a score of 4-3.
Aspen Leishman was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (she also only allowed one walk). Leishman was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a double.
Leishman wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sage Walker, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, sadly, Green Canyon is still looking for their first win of the season after seven matches. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sky View last Friday.
Bailey Taylor was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Mountain Crest's loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-12. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs per game. As for Green Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Green Canyon's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Mountain Crest hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .334. It's a different story for Green Canyon, though, as they've only averaged .150. Will they be able to contain Mountain Crest's hitters?
Everything went Mountain Crest's way against Green Canyon in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Mountain Crest made off with a 12-5 victory. Does Mountain Crest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Green Canyon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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