Valley View had lost three straight on the road, but on Tuesday they dropped their record down to 7-14 to make it four. They fell 5-2 to the Scranton Prep Cavaliers. 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.
As for Scranton Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-12 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games.
For Scranton Prep's part, Johnny Petrosky spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Paul Rusincovitch, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Scranton Prep's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 6-11 when he doesn't).
As of now, neither Valley View nor the Cavaliers have any future games scheduled.
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