After two games on the road, Mountain Ridge is heading back home. They will take on the Basha Bears at TBD on Tuesday.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Queen Creek, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 19th). Mountain Ridge fell 7-4 to Queen Creek on Saturday.
Mountain Ridge saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Plecity, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Basha was able to grind out a solid win over Pinnacle on Saturday, taking the game 6-2. That's two games straight that Basha has won by exactly four runs.
Landon Zaborowski made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Zaborowski has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Zaborowski was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
In other pitching news, Thomas Peck looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Carson Agostini, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Grant Smith, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Mountain Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Basha, they pushed their record up to 18-11-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Mountain Ridge skirted past Basha 3-1 when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Does Mountain Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Basha turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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