Tri-Valley had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Pine Grove Cardinals 2-1. That's two games straight that Tri-Valley has won by just one run.
For Pine Grove's part, they got a good showing from Chelcy Clark, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Callee Leffler made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a home run and a stolen base. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Tri-Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Pine Grove, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-4.
Tri-Valley will head out on the road to challenge Northern Lebanon at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Northern Lebanon: 3, Tri-Valley: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Pine Grove does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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