East Valley is 0-10 against West Valley since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The East Valley Knights will stay at home for another game and welcome the West Valley Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, East Valley had just enough and edged Clarkston out 9-7.
Brayden Windhorst was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Windhorst was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Jack Hanson was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Dakota Jackson was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a triple.
Meanwhile, West Valley had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They came out on top against the Highlanders by a score of 9-6. Nine seems to be a good number for West Valley as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
East Valley's win ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-12. As for West Valley, they pushed their record up to 7-7 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
East Valley might still be hurting after the 31-7 loss they got from West Valley in their previous matchup last Saturday. Will East Valley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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