The Valley View Tigers will be playing at home against the McAllen Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley View has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight losses, while McAllen will come in with three straight victories.
Valley View's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-0 walloping at the hands of the Raiders.
Meanwhile, McAllen had just enough and edged Vela out 4-2 on Friday.
Alysandra Garcia spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on seven hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, McAllen's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Giada Farias, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brianna Franco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Valley View's defeat dropped their record down to 4-19. As for McAllen, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6-1 record this season.
Valley View might still be hurting after the 12-0 loss they got from McAllen when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garcia, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Valley View knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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