Mountain View and Heritage are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Mountain View Thunder will be playing at home against the Heritage Timberwolves at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain View is is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They fell victim to a tough 12-2 loss at the hands of Kelso. That's two games in a row now that Mountain View has lost by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Prairie on Tuesday and fell 3-1. Heritage has not had much luck with Prairie recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Jaila Ellis put in work no matter where she played. She struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). Ellis was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Mountain View's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Mountain View suffered a grim 17-1 defeat to Heritage in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Mountain View, Cayleigh White (who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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