Valor Christian won against Ralston Valley on Thursday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Eagles skirted past the Lakewood Tigers 6-5. The win was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on three straight.
Joey Dragovich looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
Travis Kenz
| 05/03/25 vs Lakewood | 3 |
| 04/22/25 @ Columbine | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Legend | 2 |
| 03/13/25 vs Legacy | 2 |
| 05/01/25 vs Ralston Valley | 1 |
At the plate, Valor Christian let Max Matteucci and Travis Kenz run wild. Matteucci went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Kenz went 3-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Those three hits gave Kenz a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Nakamura, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs.
Valor Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lakewood only posted a batting average of .200.
The victory got Valor Christian back to even at 10-10. As for Lakewood, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-14.
Valor Christian will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Tigers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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