Pine Valley Central is 0-7 against Silver Creek since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pine Valley Central Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Silver Creek Black Knights at 4:30 p.m. Neither Pine Valley Central nor Silver Creek posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Pine Valley Central lost 12-2 to Randolph on Wednesday. Pine Valley Central has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Hornets out 1-0. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Silver Creek has scored all season.
Not much got past Rylee Weiskerger, who gave up just two hits and racked up 17 Ks to keep Forestville Central off the board. Weiskerger has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Silver Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyla Ziegler, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Pine Valley Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Silver Creek, their win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Pine Valley Central came up short against Silver Creek when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 7-3. Thankfully for Pine Valley Central, Kaylee Hutchison (who struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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