The Valley Vikings will challenge the Brush Beetdiggers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Valley has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Brush will arrive with four straight wins.
Valley came into this matchup off a tough ten-run defeat on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Weld Central by a score of 9-7 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Vikings have suffered since March 28th.
Wray typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Brush proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 12-5 victory.
Brush let Landon Mesch and Edgar Ortiz run wild. Mesch went 3-for-5 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Ortiz went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. Mesch is becoming a predictor of Brush's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 6-1 (and 6-8 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Malachi Thiel, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Brush kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive contests.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Brush, their win bumped their record up to 12-9.
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