Baseball Recap: Vale Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Vale can now relate to. They fell just short of the North Valley Knights by a score of 6-4 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Vikings have suffered since April 16, 2024.

Vikings

Previous 5 Games

05/28/25 @ North Valley	4-6
05/16/25 vs McLoughlin	12-2
05/09/25 vs Riverside	11-1
05/06/25 @ Nyssa	26-3
04/29/25 vs Burns	1-6

With the defeat, Vale broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-9. As for North Valley, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 17-5.

Vale does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Valley, they will square off against Warrenton on Friday. The Warriors' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Knights' hitters will have their work cut out for them.