Baseball Game Preview: Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets vs. Alchesay Falcons

Blue Ridge has gone 9-1 against Alchesay recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. Blue Ridge will face off against Alchesay at 6:00 p.m. Blue Ridge is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.

Blue Ridge made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Show Low, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Blue Ridge was the clear victor by a 17-6 margin over Show Low on Tuesday. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won six games by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Cooper Phillips tossed a big game, tossing 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off four hits.

Brenton Newcomb

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/25/25 @ Show Low	5
03/22/25 @ Winslow	3
03/04/25 @ Window Rock	3
03/18/25 vs Monument Valley	2
03/21/25 vs ALA - Ironwood	1

On the hitting side, Brenton Newcomb and Kaden Edgington did most of the damage at the plate: Newcomb went 2-for-4 with five RBI, while Edgington scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Those five RBI gave Newcomb a new career-high. Noah Chee was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-5.

Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Alchesay sidestepped Winslow for a 2-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.

Kyrin Ivins was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI.

Blue Ridge pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Alchesay, their record is now 11-3.

Everything went Blue Ridge's way against Alchesay in their previous meeting on March 4th, as Blue Ridge made off with an 11-0 victory. Does Blue Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alchesay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.