After flying high against Pacific Grove last Wednesday, Monte Vista Christian came back down to earth. The Monte Vista Christian Mustangs lost 11-4 to the Carmel Padres on Friday. Monte Vista Christian has not had much luck with Carmel recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Monte Vista Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Wright, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyson Shaw, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Carmel's side, Zander Lunt tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Carmel got a massive performance out of Justin LeMaster, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. LeMaster has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last three times he's played. Sean Carr was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Monte Vista Christian's loss dropped their record down to 3-18. As for Carmel, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Monte Vista Christian didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 4-1 defeat vs. Evergreen Valley on the 27th. As for Carmel, they will be playing at home against Palma at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Carmel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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