Baseball Game Preview: Valley Rams vs. Headland Rams

Rams

Runs

03/07/25 vs Eufaula	1
03/01/25 @ Cleburne County	6
02/26/25 @ Randolph County	13
02/24/25 vs Benjamin Russell	6
02/22/25 vs Reeltown	8
+ 6 more games

Valley will take on Headland at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.

Valley is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Eufaula just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Rams have suffered since April 9, 2024.

Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew McDonald, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Headland came tearing into Thursday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Red Tops 12-2. Considering the Rams have won seven games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Headland's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Valley, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 10-1.