The El Monte Lions will be playing at home against the Mountain View Vikings at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Monte has three straight victories, Mountain View has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, El Monte narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Rosemead 8-6. That's two games straight that El Monte has won by exactly two runs.
Elisa Gonzalez was incredible, going 1-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Naima Rodriguez, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Mountain View suffered a tough 19-1 defeat at the hands of South El Monte on Saturday.
El Monte's victory bumped their record up to 10-8. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
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