Scotts Valley entered their tilt with San Lorenzo Valley with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the San Lorenzo Valley Cougars on Tuesday as they made off with a 12-4 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Scotts Valley also won the last time the pair played two weeks ago.
Blake LaRiviere and Quinn Turowski made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, LaRiviere struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Meanwhile, Turowski pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, LaRiviere went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double, while Turowski scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jacob Pauka, who went 2-for-3 with five RBI, two doubles, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Sanders, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On San Lorenzo Valley's side, Anthony Griffiths made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, San Lorenzo Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Scotts Valley has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for San Lorenzo Valley, they dropped their record down to 5-15-2 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Scotts Valley will square off against San Lorenzo Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. As for San Lorenzo Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Watsonville at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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