It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Red Mountain had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over the Marana Tigers. The win was familiar territory for Red Mountain who now have six in a row.
Red Mountain got a great performance from Preston Peebles as he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Peebles has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Logan Carney was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Matt Peterson, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Marana's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trevor Layton, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Red Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Marana, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-14-1.
Red Mountain does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Marana also has no future games currently scheduled.
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