Venture Academy waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top against the Big Valley Christian Lions by a score of 7-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Venture Academy also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Alexander Wolf-Gallegos was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Wolf-Gallegos has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Wolf-Gallegos was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Omarion Walker was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Isaac Stewart, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
On Big Valley Christian's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Howell, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Venture Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. As for Big Valley Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7.
Venture Academy will head out on the road to challenge Mountain House at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Big Valley Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Millennium at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Millennium is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
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