Desert Mountain and Mountain Pointe are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Desert Mountain Wolves will be playing at home against the Mountain Pointe Pride at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Desert Mountain gave up the first runs on Tuesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountain Pointe, sneaking past 8-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Zach Durben made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Desert Mountain is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Durben was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Cole Sonne
| 03/18/25 @ Mountain Pointe | 2 |
| 03/13/25 vs Skyline | 1 |
| 03/11/25 vs Pinnacle | 1 |
| 03/10/25 vs Saguaro | 1 |
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In other batting news, Cole Sonne and Quentin Starbuck did most of the damage at the plate: Sonne got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two doubles, while Starbuck scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Sonne a new career-high in hits (two). Riyan Patel was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Mountain Pointe is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 4.25 runs. As for Desert Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
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