Baseball Game Preview: Hidden Valley Titans vs. Northside Vikings

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 5:28am

Preview: Hidden Valley Titans vs. Northside Vikings

Hidden Valley and Northside are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Hidden Valley Titans will be playing at home against the Northside Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Hidden Valley has not done well against Christiansburg recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Hidden Valley came out on top against Christiansburg by a score of 7-2.

Braxton Nichols was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ryan Walding, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Northside never got on the board in their matchup last Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against James River on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Knights.

Karter Yopp looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Northside got a massive performance out of Camden Spangler, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Bruce, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.

The victory got Hidden Valley back to even at 1-1. As for Northside, they now have a winning record of 1-0-1.

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