Baseball Game Preview: Moapa Valley Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 8:36am

Baseball Preview: Moapa Valley Pirates vs. Democracy Prep Agassi Campus Blue Knights

The Moapa Valley Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Democracy Prep Agassi Campus Blue Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Moapa Valley has five straight victories, Democracy Prep Agassi Campus has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Moapa Valley can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Democracy Prep Agassi Campus a 15-0 shutout.

Tahj Totten made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Totten was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles.

In other batting news, Shandon Matheson was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Garrett Hadley, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.

Moapa Valley pushed their record up to 14-11 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Democracy Prep Agassi Campus, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15.

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