Valley Christian stacked an 18th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Benjamin Franklin Chargers with a sharp 13-3 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Valley Christian also won the last time the pair played two weeks ago.
Jaxen Maxey and Dylan Suzuki dominated on the mound. Maxey pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits, while Suzuki pitched three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Carson Grier was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Berkeley Kaiser, who went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run.
On Benjamin Franklin's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Economou, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Valley Christian's victory bumped their record up to 21-1. As for Benjamin Franklin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-11.
Valley Christian will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Gilbert Christian at 6:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Valley Christian: 3, Gilbert Christian: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Benjamin Franklin, they will head out on the road to take on Coolidge at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Coolidge is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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