The Tempe Prep Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Tempe Prep has given up an average of 10.6 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Phoenix Country Day hit Tempe Prep with a ten-run third inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Knights lost 14-3 to the Eagles. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tempe Prep saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Drescher, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Santa Cruz Valley made sure to put some runs up on the board against ALA - Anthem South on Wednesday. The Dust Devils' pitcher stepped up to hand the Titans a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Dust Devils, who have now won seven games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Richard Reyes was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs. Another player making a difference was Nathan Ruiz, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Santa Cruz Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They are 7-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Santa Cruz Valley moved to 12-7 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Tempe Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Tempe Prep suffered a grim 20-6 defeat to Santa Cruz Valley when the teams last played on April 1st. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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