The Spring Valley Grizzlies will face off against the Green Valley Gators at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Spring Valley has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since March 19.
Spring Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Arbor View, who was ranked fifth at the time (Spring Valley was ranked 23rd). The Grizzlies took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Aggies on Friday.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Green Valley was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They fell just short of Shadow Ridge by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Gators have lost by just one run.
Green Valley got a good showing from Grant Morris, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time Morris hasn't allowed a single hit since back in March.
On the hitting side, Isaiah Alba was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run was his first of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Green Valley and nudges their season record down to 13-11. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Spring Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12-2.
Spring Valley might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Green Valley when the teams last played back in March. Can the Grizzlies avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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