Chaparral is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Mountain Pointe a ten-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Chaparral Firebirds will welcome the Mountain Pointe Pride at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Chaparral fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Horizon on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 6-5. That's two games in a row now that the Firebirds have lost by just one run.
Tanner Anderson made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Mountain Pointe's offense. They fell 3-0 to Alhambra on Thursday.
Mountain Pointe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Parrish, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base.
Mountain Pointe's defeat dropped their record down to 2-23. As for Chaparral, their loss dropped their record down to 11-13.
Everything went Chaparral's way against Mountain Pointe in their previous matchup back in March, as Chaparral made off with a 13-2 win. Will the Firebirds repeat their success, or do the Pride have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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