Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost an 11-10 heartbreaker at the hands of the Yellville-Summit Panthers. The Yellowjackets were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in April of 2025.
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Grady Pitcock and Hayden Long did some serious damage despite the final result: Pitcock went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and one stolen base, while Long went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Long is becoming a predictor of Mountain View's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 1-8 when he doesn't). George Rector also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Mountain View's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Yellville-Summit, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-5.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Mountain View is set to take on their familiar foe Bergman at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Yellville-Summit will square off against rival Salem at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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