The North Central Wolfpack are taking a road trip to face off against the West Valley Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Central will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Friday, then bounced right back against East Valley on Wednesday. The Wolfpack blew past the Knights 17-4. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Wolfpack's hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, West Valley made easy work of Deer Park on Wednesday and carried off an 8-1 victory. Considering the Eagles have won nine games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
West Valley is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for North Central, the victory got them back to even at 9-9-1.
North Central might still be hurting after the 16-0 loss they got from West Valley when the teams last played back in April. Can the Wolfpack avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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