Baseball Recap: Yucca Valley Trojans vs. Twentynine Palms Wildcats
Yucca Valley had to endure a six-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They blew past the Twentynine Palms Wildcats 17-4. Yucca Valley's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Ryder Rohr was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Rohr was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Trent Morrison and Sebastian Mora did most of the damage at the plate: Morrison scored three runs while going 4-for-4, while Mora went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run. Jay Burroughs was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Twentynine Palms' side, Noah Barber was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, a triple, and a run.
Even though they lost, Twentynine Palms didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Yucca Valley's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Twentynine Palms, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season.
Yucca Valley will have a chance to go back-to-back against Twentynine Palms: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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