Baseball Preview: Valor Academy vs. Triumph Charter Jaguars
Valor Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against the Triumph Charter Jaguars at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Triumph Charter took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Valor Academy, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Valor Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Discovery 8-7. The victory was just what Valor Academy needed coming off of a 25-5 loss in their prior game.
Erick Ramirez was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 4-for-4. Ramirez is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Herrejon, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Triumph Charter's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 14-0 defeat at the hands of Sherman Oaks CES. Triumph Charter was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matches prior) but Sherman Oaks CES's pitchers proved too tough.
Valor Academy's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1. As for Triumph Charter, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Valor Academy suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Triumph Charter in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Valor Academy, Sergio Olmeda (who struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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