Baseball Preview: Purchase Line Red Dragons vs. Blacklick Valley Vikings
The Purchase Line Red Dragons will head out on the road to take on the Blacklick Valley Vikings at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Purchase Line is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 15-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Purchase Line will head into Thursday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They suffered a tough 9-1 loss at the hands of Marion Center.
Purchase Line saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Stephen Perrusso, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Purchase Line didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of nine games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Blacklick Valley can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Turkeyfoot Valley Area a 16-0 shutout. With that win, Blacklick Valley brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.
Eli Sheesley looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Greg Schilling was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with five RBI, three runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Hayden Williams, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run.
Purchase Line's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Blacklick Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Purchase Line might still be hurting after the 14-1 loss they got from Blacklick Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Purchase Line, Josh Hessler (who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances) 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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