East Valley is 0-10 against Vaughn since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The East Valley Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Vaughn White Tigers at 2:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, East Valley got the win against Fulton by a conclusive 11-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Valley.
East Valley's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Castro, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Shenberger, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Vaughn never got on the board in their matchup on Saturday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Fulton on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Jaguars out 12-10.
East Valley's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Vaughn, their win ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-12.
East Valley suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Vaughn in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for East Valley, Ivan Solorio (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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