After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Riverdale Ridge, Severance was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Mountain View Mountain Lions 6-4. That's more bragging rights for Severance, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Dom Rice and Declan Moylett made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Rice struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Moylett pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, Rice went 1-for-2 with two RBI, while Moylett scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Ryan Ewoniuk was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
On Mountain View's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tristan Gilbert, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Mountain View didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Severance's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Severance will have a chance to go back-to-back against Mountain View: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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