Baseball Preview: Otter Valley Otters vs. Mount Anthony Patriots
The Otter Valley Otters will head out on the road to face off against the Mount Anthony Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Otter Valley comes in on three and Mount Anthony on 13.
Otter Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Green Mountain, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Otter Valley was ranked tenth). Otter Valley came out on top against Green Mountain by a score of 5-1 on Tuesday. Five seems to be a good number for Otter Valley as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Mount Anthony gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Bellows Falls 9-2. That's two games straight that Mount Anthony has won by exactly seven runs.
Tanner Bushee was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Bushee was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Vance Kobela was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Riley Thurber was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Otter Valley pushed their record up to 6-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Mount Anthony, their record now sits at 12-0.
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