Red Mountain is 8-2 against Mountain View since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will be staying on the road to face off against the Mountain View Toros at 3:45 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Red Mountain is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mesa a 25-0 shutout on Friday. Red Mountain's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last six games.
Red Mountain got a massive performance out of Kassidy Lopez, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Sofia Carroll was another key contributor, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Mountain View's way against McClintock on Saturday as Mountain View made off with a 12-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mountain View.
Brenna Campos was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Campos has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Campos was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kylynn Sylvester, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Tierah Metcalf, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Red Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2 record this season. As for Mountain View, the victory got them back to even at 14-14.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Red Mountain hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Mountain View struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Red Mountain's way against Mountain View in their previous matchup two weeks ago as Red Mountain made off with a 9-0 win. 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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