On Tuesday, Mountain Ridge faced Basha in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions fell 6-2 to the Basha Bears. Mountain Ridge was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Basha apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2019.
Mountain Ridge got a good showing from Matthew Licardi, who pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Licardi has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ryland Sands was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
On Basha's side, Zach Bolles tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gavin Smith, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple. Max Madrid was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
This is the second loss in a row for Mountain Ridge and nudges their season record down to 14-14. As for Basha, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 20-11-1.
Mountain Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Basha, they are on the road again on Friday to play Queen Creek at 6:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Queen Creek: 3.1, Basha: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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