Baseball Recap: Perry Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Pumas

Lowest Scoring Games

03/10/25 vs Mountain View	5-1
02/28/25 @ Higley	6-4
03/03/25 @ Sunnyslope	6-0

There's no place like home for Perry, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They came out on top against the Mountain View Toros by a score of 5-1 on Monday. The five-run effort marked the Pumas' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Michael Orbegozo tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts any time he's pitched this season.

On the hitting side, Max DeFrancesco was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Davie, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Perry pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain View, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season.

Perry will challenge Gilbert at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Perry is facing Gilbert at the right time seeing as Gilbert is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Mountain View, they will take on Mesquite at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Mesquite is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.