Baseball Recap: Blacklick Valley Vikings vs. Harmony Area Owls
In what's become a running theme this season, Blacklick Valley gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They never let the Harmony Area Owls onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Blacklick Valley.
Blacklick Valley got a great performance from RJ Bartoletti as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Bartoletti has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Hayden Williams was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew McEvoy, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Blacklick Valley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Harmony Area, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.
Blacklick Valley will head out on the road to challenge Shanksville Stonycreek at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Blacklick Valley is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. As for Harmony Area, they will square off against Moshannon Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Moshannon Valley has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.25 runs per game on average), something Harmony Area will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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