The Shades Valley Mounties will square off against the Oxford Yellow Jackets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Shades Valley has given up an average of 14.7 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Friday just wasn't the day for Shades Valley's offense. They lost 11-0 to Holtville on Friday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Mounties haven't been shut out since back in February.
Meanwhile, Oxford came tearing into Saturday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.2 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Lions get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won ten matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Ayden Noyola tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Nick Richardson was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Marcus Lawler, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
Oxford always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .611. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Oxford's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Shades Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
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