The Mountain View Mountain Lions will be playing at home against the Nogales Apaches at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain View is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
Mountain View put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Desert View onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The win was just what Mountain View needed coming off of a 12-6 defeat in their prior game.
Clarissa Figueroa and Ashley Gospodarek did most of the damage at the plate: Figueroa scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Gospodarek scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Megan Newton, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Nogales was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell victim to a tough 18-0 defeat at the hands of Marana.
Nogales saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayla Martinez, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.
Mountain View has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which somehow isn't as good as their 14-4 record this season. As for Nogales, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.
Mountain View took their victory against Nogales in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 20-6. Will Mountain View repeat their success, or does Nogales have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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