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| 04/16/24 - Home | 17-2 W |
| 03/01/24 - Away | 17-6 W |
| 04/18/23 - Away | 17-4 W |
| 04/13/23 - Home | 6-4 W |
| 04/25/22 - Home | 11-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Red Mountain is 9-1 against Mesa since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. Red Mountain will square off against Mesa at 3:45 p.m. Neither Red Mountain nor Mesa posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Queen Creek, who was ranked third at the time (Red Mountain was ranked eighth). Red Mountain fell just short of Queen Creek by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The contest marked the Mountain Lions' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Red Mountain got a good showing from Dylan Keith, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Keith has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Red Mountain saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kale Thorson, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Mesa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Gilbert, falling 12-2. That's two games in a row now that the Jackrabbits have lost by exactly ten runs.
Mesa's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Red Mountain, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-3.
Red Mountain took their win against Mesa in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 17-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Red Mountain since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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