Ridgeline entered their tilt with Mountain Crest with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They skirted past the Mountain Crest Mustangs 6-4. This was payback for Ridgeline, who suffered a 12-9 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Ridgeline saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Hansen, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Cam Blotter, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
On Mountain Crest's side, Rylin Needham was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off three hits. Needham has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Ridgeline pushed their record up to 16-6 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Mountain Crest, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-9.
Ridgeline will have a chance to go back-to-back against Mountain Crest: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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