Baseball Preview: Pleasant Valley Vikings vs. Chico Panthers
Pleasant Valley is 9-1 against Chico since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Pleasant Valley Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Chico Panthers at 2:00 p.m. Pleasant Valley will be looking to extend their current ten-game winning streak.
On Friday, Pleasant Valley needed a bit of extra time to put away Foothill. They had just enough and edged the Cougars out 4-3.
Domenic Borges tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pleasant Valley saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Anderson, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Chico unfortunately witnessed the end of their nine-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Twelve Bridges by a score of 7-5.
Chico also got a good showing from Jake Heizer, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Luke Henderson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Malachi Bosschart, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Pleasant Valley's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-5-1. As for Chico, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6-1.
Pleasant Valley skirted past Chico 6-5 in their previous meeting on April 1st. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Valley 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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