Baseball Game Preview: Deer Valley Skyhawks vs. Verrado Vipers

The Deer Valley Skyhawks will take on the Verrado Vipers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Deer Valley can't be to happy about their upcoming road game considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Wednesday. They fell just short of Tolleson by a score of 9-8.

Hunter Metz

Hits (Career)

02/26/25 @ Tolleson	4
03/04/24 @ Prescott	3
02/24/24 @ Verrado	3
04/19/24 vs Coronado	2
04/12/24 @ Goldwater	2

Hunter Metz made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (four). Tyler Carr was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs.

Meanwhile, Verrado came into Wednesday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They skirted past Tolleson 2-1.

Nolan Raissle looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).

On the hitting side, Verrado saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bode Acton, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.

Everything went Deer Valley's way against Verrado when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as Deer Valley made off with a 13-5 victory. Will Deer Valley repeat their success, or does Verrado have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.