Mountain View extended their losing streak to four on Thursday, dropping them down to 6-11. They came up short against the Tucson High Magnet School Badgers, falling 13-0. The Mountain Lions were not able to make up for their defeat to the Badgers from their previous meeting back in April of 2025.
As for Tucson High Magnet School, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games.
For Tucson High Magnet School's part, they got a great performance from Jordan Lesley as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. Lesley has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Robby Sirk and Alan Krimpe did most of the damage at the plate: Sirk got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Krimpe went 2-for-4 with two runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those two runs gave Sirk a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Essar Valenzuela, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
Coming up, Mountain View will challenge Maricopa at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Tucson High Magnet School, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Sunnyside at 6:00 p.m. The game will give the Badgers their first taste of in-conference action this season.
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