Mountain House had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Monday. They came out on top against the Ceres Bulldogs by a score of 8-5. That's more bragging rights for Mountain House, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Mountain House got a great performance from Riley Higgins as he pitched five innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Higgins has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lennox Morgan was incredible, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Tommy Neri, who went 2-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a double.
On Ceres' side, Kyan Bowen was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Mountain House pushed their record up to 17-8 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Ceres, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9.
Mountain House will have a chance to go back-to-back against Ceres: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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