The Mountain Pointe Pride will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Desert Mountain Wolves at 3:45 p.m. Mountain Pointe will be strutting in after a victory while Desert Mountain will be coming in after a loss.
Last Monday, Mountain Pointe faced Casteel in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Mountain Pointe skirted past Casteel 4-2.
Brett Crossland tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Connor Crossland was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Desert Mountain were a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They fell just short of Saguaro by a score of 1-0. Desert Mountain has not had much luck with Saguaro recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Quinn Robertson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Sam Mcdonnell came in to relieve Robertson and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his 1.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Desert Mountain saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dom Harris, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Mountain Pointe's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Desert Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Mountain Pointe hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Desert Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8 per game. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Mountain Pointe took their victory against Desert Mountain when the teams last played back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 12-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Pointe 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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