Baseball Preview: Twin Valley Raiders vs. Reading Red KNights
Twin Valley has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Reading Red KNights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Twin Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Twin Valley can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Wyomissing as Twin Valley made off with a 15-2 victory. While fans of Twin Valley might be used to big wins, the 13-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Kevin Eden made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits (and only one walk). Eden was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Ben Vaughan and Paul Colombo did most of the damage at the plate: Vaughan scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Colombo scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Vaughan is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Kooper Zdimal was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, sadly, Reading is still looking for their first win of the season after nine games. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Muhlenberg on Monday.
Reading saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Gregorio, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Twin Valley pushed their record up to 6-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Reading, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Reading's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Twin Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Reading, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1. Will Twin Valley keep running through batters, or will Reading buck the trend?
Everything went Twin Valley's way against Reading when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Twin Valley made off with a 9-2 victory. Does Twin Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Reading turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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