Baseball Preview: Valley Buffalos vs. Wayne Badgers
Valley is 2-8 against Wayne since September of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Valley Buffalos will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wayne Badgers at 3:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, everything went Valley's way against Pinnacle as Valley made off with a 12-3 win. Considering the Buffalos have won six matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Wayne sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Green River on Wednesday.
Blake Peterson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up 11 Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hunter Robins, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Wayne didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Valley now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Wayne, their win bumped their record up to 5-12.
Valley took their victory against Wayne in their previous meeting on September 4th by a conclusive 12-5. Does Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wayne turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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