The Mountain View Spartans will challenge the Homestead Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mountain View 3.5, Homestead 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mountain View's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Saturday. They came out on top against Aragon by a score of 4-0. The win was some much needed relief for the Spartans as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Not much got past Preston Huang, who gave up just seven hits to keep Aragon off the board. Huang has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Austin Xu, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Luke Orrock, who went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Homestead had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the Saints 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mustangs have posted since March 7th.
Andrew Sun was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple and one run. That triple was his first of the season.
Homestead hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in six consecutive matchups.
Homestead's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-6. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.4 runs over those games. As for Mountain View, their win bumped their record up to 10-5.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Homestead in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Mountain View made off with a 10-3 victory. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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