The Sun Valley Spartans will square off against the Butler Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sun Valley is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Parkwood an 8-0 shutout. The victory continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Wolf Pack: they've now won four in a row.
Keller Weaver
| 02/26/25 vs Parkwood | 4 |
| 04/30/24 @ Cuthbertson | 2 |
| 03/04/24 vs Charlotte S | 2 |
| 04/29/24 vs Porter Ridge | 1 |
| 04/16/24 vs Marvin Ridge | 1 |
Keller Weaver looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
On the hitting side, Sun Valley let Brian Devereaux and Jessen Copeland run wild. Devereaux scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Copeland went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. Kyle Kroehler was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Butler had to kick off their season on the road on Tuesday, but they showed no ill effects. Everything went their way against Ballantyne Ridge as Butler made off with a 9-0 win.
Amir Carter made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Carter was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs.
In other pitching news, Patrick O'Shaughnessy looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Greyson Scheaffer, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
Sun Valley took their victory against Butler when the teams last played back in March of 2022 by a conclusive 11-1. Will Sun Valley repeat their success, or does Butler have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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