Baseball Game Preview: Naches Valley Rangers vs. Kiona-Benton Bears

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Previous Games

05/11/24 - Away	11-1 W
04/23/24 - Home	5-1 W
03/19/24 - Home	5-0 W
05/12/23 - Home	11-1 W
04/25/23 - Away	12-4 W
+ 5 more games

Naches Valley has gone 9-1 against Kiona-Benton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Rangers will look to defend their home field against the Bears at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Naches Valley has seven straight victories, Kiona-Benton has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Naches Valley will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Saturday, then bounced right back against Zillah on Saturday. The Rangers had just enough and edged out the Leopards 10-9.

Meanwhile, Kiona-Benton lost 9-3 to College Place on Thursday.

Naches Valley pushed their record up to 11-6-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs over those games. As for Kiona-Benton, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-13-1.

Everything went Naches Valley's way against Kiona-Benton in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, as Naches Valley made off with an 11-1 win. Do the Rangers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.