It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sunrise Mountain had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Desert View Jaguars a 5-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Sunrise Mountain sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Bryce Madison looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Connor Mayer, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Andrew Balian was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Sunrise Mountain's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-4-1. As for Desert View, their loss dropped their record down to 15-14.
Sunrise Mountain will look to defend their home field on Monday against Campo Verde at 4:00 p.m. Sunrise Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. Desert View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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