Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain View). Everything went their way against the Greeley Central Wildcats on Saturday as the Mountain View Mountain Lions made off with a 24-5 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Mountain Lions, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Izabella Atwood was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. She was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Mountain View got a massive performance out of Zylla Rodriguez, who scored four runs while going 4-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Rodriguez a new career-high in hits. Mia Flores was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 5-for-5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mountain View didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Greeley Central only tossed three.
Mountain View's win ended a 14-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-18. As for Greeley Central, their loss was their 11th straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-17.
Mountain View has already played their next contest, a 15-3 defeat against Timnath on the 8th. As for Greeley Central, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 23-0 loss against Greeley West on the 7th.
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