The Perkiomen Valley Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Boyertown Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Perkiomen Valley is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Perkiomen Valley hadn't beaten Phoenixville on the road since April 20, 2016 but that history sure didn't bother them on Wednesday. The Vikings' pitcher stepped up to hand the Phantoms an 8-0 shutout. Considering the Vikings have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Liam McNeill, who gave up just four hits and racked up six Ks to keep Phoenixville off the board.
John Ott
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At the plate, Perkiomen Valley let John Ott and Braden Tighe run wild. Ott went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI, while Tighe went 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those three hits gave Ott a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Allen, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Boyertown's offense. They fell 3-0 to Owen J. Roberts on Wednesday. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Perkiomen Valley pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Boyertown, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Perkiomen Valley beat Boyertown 7-3 in their previous matchup back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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