Baseball Preview: Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix vs. Benton Tigers
Sugar Valley Rural has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Benton Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Sugar Valley Rural's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against East Juniata on Saturday. They lost 19-0 to the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Benton didn't have quite enough to beat Northwest Area on Friday and fell 3-1. Benton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Benton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emmitt Yost, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Yost has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Sugar Valley Rural dropped their record down to 0-12 with that loss, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Benton, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Sugar Valley Rural might still be hurting after the 13-4 loss they got from Benton when the teams last played last Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Benton's Ben Farwell, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk). Now that Sugar Valley Rural 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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