Baseball Game Preview: Spring Valley Timberwolves vs. Blazer Tomcats

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Previous Games

04/21/25 - Home	7-2 W
05/01/24 - Home	7-6 W
04/22/24 - Away	12-0 W
05/02/23 - Home	4-3 W
04/10/23 - Away	1-8 L
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Spring Valley has gone 9-1 against Blazer recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Timberwolves will challenge the Tomcats at 6:00 p.m. Spring Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

Spring Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Charleston Catholic, who was ranked 12th at the time (Spring Valley was ranked ninth). The Timberwolves fell just short of the Irish by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday. The Timberwolves have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Garrett Wagoner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one home run.

Meanwhile, Blazer didn't have quite enough to beat East Carter on Wednesday and fell 4-3.

Spring Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 19-10. As for Blazer, their loss dropped their record down to 9-15.

Spring Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Blazer in their previous matchup back in April, winning 7-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Timberwolves since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.