The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will take on the Ponderosa Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Mountain Vista sitting on three straight wins and Ponderosa on four.
Mountain Vista is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since October 14, 2023 on Monday. They blew past ThunderRidge 8-1.
Shelby Chesser spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on nine hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alexis Willahan was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexa Reinig, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Mountain Vista was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 23.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 31.9%.
Meanwhile, Ponderosa hadn't done well against Douglas County recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Ponderosa walked away with a 15-11 win over Douglas County.
Annabelle Horan made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up seven earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was even better at the plate, getting on base in five of her six plate appearances with three RBI.
In other batting news, Campbell Trombley was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and seven RBI. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Avery Britt, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 5-for-6.
Mountain Vista's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-12. As for Ponderosa, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4.
Everything went Mountain Vista's way against Ponderosa in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Mountain Vista made off with a 9-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Vista since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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