Baseball Preview: Making Waves Academy Marlins vs. Valley Christian Vikings
Making Waves Academy has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Valley Christian Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Making Waves Academy knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully Valley Christian likes a good challenge.
Making Waves Academy is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came out on top against Valley Christian by a score of 21-18 on Tuesday.
Adan Guzman was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up three earned runs but no hits. Guzman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Guzman was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances.
In other batting news, Angel Rios and Alessandro Torres did most of the damage at the plate: Rios got on base in three of his six plate appearances with four RBI, a triple, and a run, while Torres scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Torres has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Juan Gomez, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
Making Waves Academy now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Valley Christian, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-8.
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