The Higley Knights will challenge the Mountain View Toros at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Higley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Mountain View's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Higley is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Williams Field just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Black Hawks.
Higley saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Kimmel, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Mountain View waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Jackrabbits a 10-0 shutout. The Toros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by six runs or more this season.
Not much got past Justice Yanke, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Mesa off the board. Yanke also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Mountain View is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 9-10 otherwise.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mitchell Lamoreaux, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Kooper Klein was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Mountain View's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-10. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Higley, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-10.
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