The Plymouth Pilgrims/Rockies will be taking part in a tournament against the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Plymouth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Plymouth is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Northridge just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Pilgrims/Rockies have suffered since April 29, 2024.
Plymouth saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Hall, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double. Ben Shively was another, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tippecanoe Valley). They never let Argos get on the board and left with an 18-0 victory on Thursday. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Dragons recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Tippecanoe Valley got a massive performance out of Hunter Paxton, who went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave Paxton a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Braxton Alderfer, who went 3-for-5 with five RBI, one run, and one double.
Tippecanoe Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Plymouth's loss dropped their record down to 14-11. As for Tippecanoe Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 3-18.
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