The Mountain View Vikings will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Glendale Nitros at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain View has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight defeats, while Glendale will come in with three straight wins.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Mountain View's offense. They fell 3-0 to Covina on Tuesday.
While Glendale didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against St. Mary's Academy on Saturday as Glendale made off with an 18-3 victory. The result was nothing new for the Nitros, who have now won five games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Jade Marquez made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Natalie Minkler, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Paola Marquez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Glendale was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They are undefeated (5-0) when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Glendale's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against Glendale in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, sneaking past 6-5. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Glendale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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