The Mountain View Mountain Lions narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Wellington Eagles 9-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mountain Lions.

Lane Haring
04/21/25 vs Wellington | 2 |
04/12/25 @ Loveland | 1 |
04/09/25 vs Fort Collins | 1 |
04/02/25 @ Northridge | 1 |
03/26/25 vs Timnath | 1 |
Lane Haring was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up just two earned (and six unearned) runs off six hits. Haring was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Those two hits gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Mason Belk was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Mountain View was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
The win got Mountain View back to even at 7-7. As for Wellington, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Looking ahead, Mountain View will welcome Mullen at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Wellington will be paying especially close attention to the Mountain Lions' matchup: after the Mountain Lions face off against the Mustangs, they'll take on Wellington again at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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