The Valley Indians will face off against the Northwest Mohawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Valley barely beat Waverly the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Indians' pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 6-0 shutout on Monday. The win continues a trend for the Indians in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest). Everything went their way against Western on Monday as they made off with a 23-0 victory. Considering the Mohawks have won five contests by more than eight runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Rylynn Montgomery and Kamryn Journey made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Montgomery pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Journey tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. At bat, Montgomery got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI, while Journey got on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those three runs gave Montgomery a new career-high.
In other batting news, Northwest got a massive performance out of Lauren Copp, who got on base in five of her six plate appearances with five runs, two stolen bases, and two RBI. Those five runs gave Copp a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kendra Bostwick, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with five RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
Northwest always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .652. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Valley's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Northwest, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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