Baseball Preview: Chico Panthers vs. Pleasant Valley Vikings
Chico is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Pleasant Valley is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Chico Panthers will take on the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Chico: 3, Pleasant Valley: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Chico will head into Saturday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Saturday after soaring to a ten-run match in their last game. They fell just short of Twelve Bridges by a score of 7-5.
Chico got a good showing from Jake Heizer, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Luke Henderson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Malachi Bosschart, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Pleasant Valley ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Foothill.
Domenic Borges tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pleasant Valley's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nick Anderson, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with an RBI.
Chico's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6-1. As for Pleasant Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-1 record this season.
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