Baseball Game Preview: Jerome Tigers vs. Vallivue Falcons

The Jerome Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Vallivue Falcons at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Jerome comes in on three and Vallivue on six.

Jerome barely beat Columbia the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Jerome put the hurt on Columbia with a sharp 15-4 win on Friday. Considering the Tigers have won three games by more than ten runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Caleb Jones

Hits (Career)

03/21/25 vs Columbia	3
03/20/25 @ Skyview	2
03/12/25 vs Caldwell	2
04/19/24 vs Burley	2
04/09/24 @ Twin Falls	2

Jerome let Caleb Jones and Mason Garcia run wild. Jones went 3-for-4 with five RBI and one double, while Garcia scored four runs while going 1-for-5. Those three hits gave Jones a new career-high. Sawyer Tilley was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Vallivue won against Rigby on Thursday with eight runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Vallivue beat Moscow by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-7. While the Falcons didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

The team relied heavily on Eli Daniel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Colt Augustus, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Jerome's record is now 4-2. As for Vallivue, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.

Jerome came up short against Vallivue when the teams last played back in March of 2024, falling 11-6. Can Jerome avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.