Mountain View has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Red Mountain Mountain Lions at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mountain View is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Dobson on Tuesday as Mountain View made off with a 15-7 victory.
Brandon McKnight made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. McKnight has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. McKnight was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Chaysn Cook was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Mason Biship, who went 2-for-5 with four RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Red Mountain put the finishing touches on their 15th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Mesa 17-2. While fans of Red Mountain might be used to big wins, the 15-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Drew Hanen looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Hagen Wright, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Peterson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mountain View's win bumped their record up to 11-14. As for Red Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against Red Mountain in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 4-2. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Red Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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