After flying high against Muncie Burris on Friday, Blue River Valley came back down to earth. The Blue River Valley Vikings fell just short of the Eastern Comets by a score of 4-3 on Saturday.
Blue River Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Blackburn, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Eastern's side, the team relied heavily on Ethan Acord, who went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI. Acord has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jonathon Warren, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Blue River Valley has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season. As for Eastern, their victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Blue River Valley by a score of 3-1 later that day.
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