Shasta is 0-10 against Pleasant Valley since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit in Tuesday's first game. The Shasta Wolves will head out on the road to take on the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 2:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Shasta: 3.7, Pleasant Valley: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Shasta was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Chico by a score of 4-2. That's two games in a row now that Shasta has lost by exactly two runs.
Shasta saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eli Kennedy, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Peterson, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Valley had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They skirted past the Spartans 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for Pleasant Valley as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Domenic Borges spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nick Anderson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Jacob Ortega, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Shasta's loss dropped their record down to 9-7-1. As for Pleasant Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season.
Shasta suffered a grim 13-7 defeat to Pleasant Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Shasta, Joey Borello (who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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