The Mountain Pointe Pride will challenge the Horizon Huskies at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Mountain Pointe turned things around against Maricopa on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past the Rams 4-3.
Mountain Pointe's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Carlos Mungaray, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That's the most RBI Mungaray has posted over his last eight contests. Mark Delgado was another, going 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Horizon, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Basha on Monday, sneaking past 8-6.
Chris Quigg and Keegan Kishimoto-Parrish did most of the damage at the plate: Quigg scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Kishimoto-Parrish went a perfect 1-for-1 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Hudson Grainger, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Mountain Pointe's victory bumped their record up to 8-14. As for Horizon, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
Mountain Pointe couldn't quite get it done against Horizon in their previous meeting back in March of 2016 as they fell 7-2. Will the Pride have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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