The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will face off against the O'Connor Eagles at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
Mountain Ridge's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over Gila Ridge.
Andrew Jacobs
| 04/17/25 vs Gila Ridge | 7 |
| 04/11/25 @ Shadow Ridge | 4 |
| 04/02/25 @ Queen Creek | 3 |
| 03/26/25 vs Lake Oswego | 9 |
Mountain Ridge got a great performance from Andrew Jacobs as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Jacobs has posted since back in March.
On the hitting side, Lucas Baughman was a standout: he went 2-for-5 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. He has become a key player for Mountain Ridge: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 9-11 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Coby Neville, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.
Meanwhile, O'Connor faced Red Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Eagles lost 8-0 to the Mountain Lions. The game marked the first time this year in which the Eagles were not able to get on the board.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 13-11 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for O'Connor, their loss dropped their record down to 17-8.
Mountain Ridge couldn't quite finish off O'Connor in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 and fell 8-6. Can the Mountain Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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