Baseball Game Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. Spring Valley Vikings

Blythewood has gone a perfect 10-0 against Spring Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Blythewood Bengals will head out on the road to challenge the Spring Valley Vikings at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Blythewood has five straight wins, Spring Valley has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Blythewood barely beat Spring Valley the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Everything went Blythewood's way against Spring Valley on Tuesday as Blythewood made off with a 12-2 victory. Considering the Bengals have won four games by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Johnny Collins made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.

Jackson Bottar

Runs Batted In

03/18/25 vs Spring Valley	6
03/14/25 @ A.C. Flora	3
03/08/25 vs Spartanburg	1

In other batting news, Jackson Bottar was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and six RBI. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.3 RBI per game. Another player making a difference was Macon Leppert, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run.

Blythewood lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in April of 2024.

Blythewood's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Spring Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.

Spring Valley's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Blythewood hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .415. It's a different story for Spring Valley, though, as they've only averaged .211. Will they be able to contain Blythewood's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.