Preview: Valley Vikings vs. Cheyenne Desert Shields
The Valley Vikings will be playing at home against the Cheyenne Desert Shields at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Last Wednesday, Valley fell victim to a rough 15-3 loss at the hands of Eldorado. Valley has struggled against Eldorado recently, as their match on Wednesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Canyon Springs onto the board and left with a 16-0 victory. Considering Cheyenne has won 12 games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Cheyenne got a big performance out of Ramiro Lopez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Lopez has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Noel Bravo, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Cheyenne, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-0.
Valley might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Cheyenne in their previous meeting on March 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cheyenne's Manuel Maldonado, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. Now that Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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