Baseball Recap: Severance Silver Knights vs. Thompson Valley Eagles
Severance fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Thompson Valley on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thompson Valley Eagles. Severance has not had much luck with Thompson Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Dom Rice made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Kolten Biedleman was another key contributor, going 2-for-5 with three RBI and a double.
On Thompson Valley's side, Riley Suarez was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Karsten Lewis, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Severance's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-6. As for Thompson Valley, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-4.
Severance will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Northridge at 4:00 p.m. Northridge has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.77 runs per game on average), something Severance will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Thompson Valley, they will head out on the road to take on Skyline at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Thompson Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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