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| 04/17/24 - Home | 8-3 W |
| 04/14/23 - Away | 10-0 W |
| 04/20/22 - Away | 6-4 W |
| 04/21/21 - Home | 10-11 L |
| 04/22/19 - Away | 4-0 W |
| + 4 more games |
Downingtown West has gone 8-1 against Great Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Whippets will face off against the Patriots at 3:45 p.m.
Downingtown West managed to slip by East the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Whippets lost 11-4 to the Vikings on Thursday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Downingtown West saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Downie, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Downie brought in this season.
Meanwhile, Great Valley entered their tilt with Oxford on Wednesday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 14-8 win. Considering the Patriots have won five games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Colby Curtiss looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ryan Spiess, who scored three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Alex Bartlett was another key player, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Great Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .303 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Downingtown West's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Great Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Downingtown West was able to grind out a solid win over Great Valley in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 8-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Whippets since the squad 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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