Baseball Preview: Delone Catholic Squires vs. Tri-Valley Bulldogs
Delone Catholic has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Tri-Valley Bulldogs on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Delone Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They skirted past Mountain View 4-3.
Aidan Wittmer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on eight hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Nic Pierce was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Tri-Valley had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the Mountaineers 10-9. Ten seems to be a good number for Tri-Valley as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Delone Catholic's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. As for Tri-Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
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