Baseball Preview: Blacklick Valley Vikings vs. Purchase Line Red Dragons
The Blacklick Valley Vikings will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Purchase Line Red Dragons at 4:15 p.m. Blacklick Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Blacklick Valley can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They never let Turkeyfoot Valley Area onto the board and left with a 16-0 win.
Eli Sheesley looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Greg Schilling was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with five RBI, three runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Hayden Williams, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run.
Meanwhile, Purchase Line suffered a rough 9-1 loss at the hands of Marion Center on Thursday.
Purchase Line saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Stephen Perrusso, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Purchase Line didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of nine games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Blacklick Valley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Purchase Line, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Purchase Line's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Blacklick Valley hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .328. It's a different story for Purchase Line, though, as they've only averaged .247. Will they be able to contain Blacklick Valley's hitters?
Everything went Blacklick Valley's way against Purchase Line in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Blacklick Valley made off with a 14-1 victory. Will Blacklick Valley repeat their success, or does Purchase Line have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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