Baseball Preview: Platte Valley Broncos vs. Middle Park Panthers
The Platte Valley Broncos will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Middle Park Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Platte Valley's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 16-0 walloping at the hands of Berthoud on Tuesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Platte Valley in their matchups with Berthoud: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, sadly, Middle Park is still looking for their first win of the season after four matchups. Their tough 10-0 loss to Bruce Randolph back in March might stick with them for a while.
Even though they lost, Middle Park didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Platte Valley now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Middle Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Middle Park's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Platte Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Middle Park, though, as they've been averaging only 3.5. Will Platte Valley keep running through batters, or will Middle Park buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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