The Mountain View Lobos will be taking part in a tournament against the Jefferson Silver Foxes at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mountain View's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Irvin 8-0.
Meanwhile, Jefferson put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Chaparral as they made off with a 20-2 win.
Gianna Ruiz made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Those six strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Ruiz is also crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's snagged at least one every time she's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, Jefferson got a massive performance out of Melanie Hennigan, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Alejandra Rodriguez was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
Jefferson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .815. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .391 or higher in six consecutive games dating back to last season.
The victory got Mountain View back to even at 1-1. As for Jefferson, their record now sits at 3-0.
Mountain View suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Jefferson when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can the Lobos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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