Baseball Recap: Valley View Takes a Loss

Valley View dropped their record down to 5-11 on Saturday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They fell just short of the Scranton Prep Cavaliers by a score of 2-0. Surprisingly, this marked the Cougars' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

As for Scranton Prep, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-11. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory they have posted since March 15th.

For Scranton Prep's part, not much got past Paul Rusincovitch, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Valley View off the board. Rusincovitch has become a key player for the Cavaliers: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most two hits, but 2-10 otherwise.

At the plate, Scranton Prep's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jake Murnock, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Valley View will square off against rival West Scranton at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Scranton Prep is set to challenge their familiar foe Scranton at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.