Baseball Preview: Hidden Valley Mustangs vs. Henley Hornets
Hidden Valley has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Henley Hornets at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Thursday, everything went Hidden Valley's way against Phoenix as Hidden Valley made off with a 9-1 win.
Meanwhile, Henley had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it 16 on Wednesday. They blew past the Challengers 12-2. Henley's victory was all the more impressive since Cascade Christian was averaging only 3.94 runs allowed on the season.
Corbin Hamilton looked comfortable as he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Henley got a big performance out of Payton Price, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Aiden Hayes was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Hidden Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Henley, they pushed their record up to 21-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home.
Hidden Valley came up short against Henley when the teams last played back in April, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Henley's Mark Carpenter, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that Hidden Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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