Mountain View and Riverdale Ridge are an even 3-3 against one another since May of 2021, but likely not for long. The Mountain View Mountain Lions will head out on the road to take on the Riverdale Ridge Ravens at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Mountain View will head into Tuesday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Niwot on Tuesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-run loss they were dealt on Monday. Mountain View fell just short of Niwot by a score of 10-8. Mountain View has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mountain View saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was TJ Horner, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Riverdale Ridge came tearing into Tuesday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Mustangs onto the board and left with a 15-0 win. The result was nothing new for Riverdale Ridge, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
Landon McKenzie made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. McKenzie was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Dakota Alber was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Cayden Trujillo, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Mountain View's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Riverdale Ridge, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Mountain View might still be hurting after the 20-6 loss they got from Riverdale Ridge when the teams last played on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Trujillo, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Now that Mountain View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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