The Valley Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Shawnee Golden Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Valley and six for Shawnee.
Valley's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Fairdale on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 20-0 walloping at the hands of the Bulldogs. The shutout was out of character for Valley seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Meanwhile, Shawnee suffered a rough 14-1 loss at the hands of Waggener on Monday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Shawnee has scored all season.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Shawnee, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Valley couldn't quite finish off Shawnee in their previous meeting back in March and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shawnee's Jeremiah Forrest, who scored two runs and stole six bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Now that Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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