South Mountain is on an eight-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Gilbert a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Wednesday. The South Mountain Jaguars will host the Gilbert Tigers at 3:45 p.m. South Mountain has given up an average of 15.1 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between South Mountain and Camelback, and Camelback kept the tradition alive. The Jaguars lost 12-2 to the Spartans on Monday.
South Mountain saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Bura, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, Gilbert didn't have quite enough to beat Higley on Monday and fell 7-5. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly two runs.
Grant Goodman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Gilbert's defeat dropped their record down to 8-14. As for South Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 0-17.
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