The Mountain View Mavericks will face off against the Middleton Vikings at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Friday, Mountain View came up short against Owyhee and fell 18-13. The Mavericks have struggled against the Storm recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meetings.
Cooper Schneidt and Braylon Schellhammer stepped up to the plate in a big way. Schneidt scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Schellhammer scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tav Hiaring, who went 3-for-5 with three RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Middleton's offense. They fell just short of Rocky Mountain by a score of 1-0 on Friday. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by just one run.
Middleton's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.6 runs. As for Mountain View, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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