Baseball Preview: Buckeye Valley Barons vs. Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies
The Buckeye Valley Barons will be playing at home against the Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Buckeye Valley will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive.
Buckeye Valley stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Hayes a 7-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Johnstown-Monroe had just enough and edged River Valley out 5-4 on Monday. That's two games straight that Johnstown-Monroe has won by just one run.
Nash Andrix spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four runs (all of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Johnstown-Monroe let Anthony Zirille and Erik Marohl loose on the outfield. Zirille scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Marohl went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Buckeye Valley's victory bumped their record up to 16-4. As for Johnstown-Monroe, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-17.
Buckeye Valley skirted past Johnstown-Monroe 6-4 when the teams last played back in May of 2022. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Johnstown-Monroe's Clay Bruning, who struck out eight batters over 8.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits (and not a single walk). Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Buckeye Valley to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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