Timberline and Mountain View are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Timberline Wolves will head out on the road to face off against the Mountain View Mavericks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Timberline nor Mountain View posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Thursday, Timberline suffered a tough 15-2 loss at the hands of Middleton. Timberline has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Timberline saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diego Baker, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Mountain View faced Rocky Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Mountain View fell victim to a rough 9-1 defeat at the hands of Rocky Mountain. Mountain View just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Timberline's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-5. As for Mountain View, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-7.
Timberline suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to Mountain View in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mountain View's Preston Flournoy, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that Timberline knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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