The Mountain View Cougars will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Summit Storm at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain View unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 5-2 to Redmond. Mountain View was red-hot at the plate headed into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the four contests prior) but Redmond's pitcher proved too tough.
Ashtyn Clark spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five runs (all of which were unearned) on six hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mountain View saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bailey Fain, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Summit lost a heartbreaker to Ridgeview when they met on Tuesday, and they left with a heavy heart again on Friday. Summit fell just short of Ridgeview by a score of 13-12. Even if Summit couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Mountain View's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4. As for Summit, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Summit when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Mountain View made off with a 6-0 win. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Summit have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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