It was a good run, but West Valley unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 10-2 loss at the hands of the Liberty Bison. West Valley was red-hot at the plate headed into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matches prior) but Liberty's pitchers proved too tough.
West Valley saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joey Sanchez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Sanchez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On Liberty's side, they got several good pitching performances, but Koehn Freitas was perhaps the best, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Landen Spicer was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and a stolen base. DJ Anderson was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
West Valley's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-10. As for Liberty, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
West Valley will square off against Academy of Careers & Exploration at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Liberty, they will be playing at home against Citrus Hill at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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