The Foothill Falcons will square off against the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Foothill is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Foothill is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Clark, who was ranked tenth at the time (Foothill was ranked eighth). The Falcons' pitchers stepped up to hand the Chargers a 7-0 shutout on Friday. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Chargers recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Calob Piehler tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Quinthus Mason, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Gifford, who went 1-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Foothill lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Catalina Foothills on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 5-4. The Thunderbolts' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Raydon Rocha put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Rocha was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Mica Mountain's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 2-4 when he doesn't).
Mica Mountain now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Foothill, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
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