The Mountain View Mavericks will square off against the Eagle Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mountain View 4.1, Eagle 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mountain View proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 11) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past Kuna 2-1. The win continues a trend for the Mavericks in their matchups with the Kavemen: they've now won nine in a row.
Davey Green spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on two hits.
On the hitting side, Mountain View saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Burnham, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.
Meanwhile, Eagle got the win against Timberline on Wednesday by a conclusive 15-3. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by six runs or more this season.
Eagle got a massive performance out of Brady Ford, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most runs Ford has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Jack Swanstrom, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Eagle always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Eagle's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Mountain View, their win bumped their record up to 15-8.
Mountain View took their victory against Eagle in their previous matchup on Thursday by a conclusive 12-1 score. Will the Mavericks repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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