Baseball Preview: Turkeyfoot Valley Area Rams vs. Blacklick Valley Vikings
Turkeyfoot Valley Area is 0-4 against Blacklick Valley since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Turkeyfoot Valley Area Rams will be playing at home against the Blacklick Valley Vikings at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Turkeyfoot Valley Area didn't have quite enough to beat Paw Paw and fell 3-1.
Even though they lost, Turkeyfoot Valley Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Blacklick Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell 8-4 to Rockwood.
Blacklick Valley got a good showing from RJ Bartoletti, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Bartoletti has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Blacklick Valley saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Kaschalk, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI. Another player making a difference was Jakob Noble, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and a double.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Blacklick Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Turkeyfoot Valley Area has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Blacklick Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Blacklick Valley in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blacklick Valley's Alex Reba, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Now that Turkeyfoot Valley Area knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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