Baseball Preview: Sitka Wolves vs. West Valley Wolf Pack
Sitka is 3-0 against West Valley since June of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Sitka Wolves will take on the West Valley Wolf Pack at 10:00 a.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Sitka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Ketchikan, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Sitka was ranked fifth). Sitka fell just short of Ketchikan by a score of 3-2 last Saturday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Sitka couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but West Valley had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Colony on Friday.
Sitka dropped their record down to 14-5 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for West Valley, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5-2.
Sitka took their win against West Valley when the teams last played back in April by a conclusive 10-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sitka since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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