Notre Dame Prep is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Mountain Pointe is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Notre Dame Prep Saints will take on the Mountain Pointe Pride at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Notre Dame Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over Cactus Shadows.
Colten Bott tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Notre Dame Prep saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Kniffin, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Kniffin has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances. Todd Stottlemyre Jr was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Mountain Pointe made easy work of Williams Field on Saturday and carried off an 11-2 win.
Brett Crossland tossed a big game, striking out 13 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Connor Crossland was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Sam Yeager, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Notre Dame Prep is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Mountain Pointe, their victory bumped their record up to 16-12.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Notre Dame Prep 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 Mountain Pointe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Notre Dame Prep's way against Mountain Pointe in their previous meeting back in March as Notre Dame Prep made off with an 8-1 win. Will Notre Dame Prep repeat their success, or does Mountain Pointe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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