After flying high against Moon Valley on Thursday, Shadow Mountain came back down to earth. The Matadors took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunderbird Titans on Monday. The Matadors have struggled against the Titans recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Jacob Alden made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one home run. Asher Kendall also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Shadow Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 11-11-1. As for Thunderbird, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
While Shadow Mountain had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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