Baseball Preview: Desert Christian Knights vs. Valley Torah Wolfpack
Desert Christian is 7-0 against Valley Torah since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Desert Christian Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Valley Torah Wolfpack at 3:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Desert Christian has six straight victories, Valley Torah has 23 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Desert Christian stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 15-7 margin over Santa Clarita Christian.
Oskar Medina III made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. Medina III was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
In other batting news, Desert Christian got a massive performance out of Jacob Acosta, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Noah Bakewell, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Valley Torah played against Desert Christian and lost via forfeit.
Desert Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Valley Torah, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went Desert Christian's way against Valley Torah when the teams last played on Tuesday as Desert Christian made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Christian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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