Mountain View and Red Mountain are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Mountain View Toros will head out on the road to square off against the Red Mountain Mountain Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Mountain View fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Red Mountain on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mountain Lions by a score of 6-5. Mountain View's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Mountain View saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Welker, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. Brady Goodman was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Mountain View didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 11-15. As for Red Mountain, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-7.
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