Shenandoah Valley Academy is 0-6 against Eastern Mennonite since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Shenandoah Valley Academy Stars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastern Mennonite Flames at 5:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Shenandoah Valley Academy is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 13-7 margin over Mountain View Christian Academy on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Eastern Mennonite was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 16-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Blue Ridge.
Isaac Ott was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-5 with four stolen bases, six RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Halteman, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Shenandoah Valley Academy made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-6-1. As for Eastern Mennonite, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Shenandoah Valley Academy suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Eastern Mennonite when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Mennonite's Luke Stoltzfus, who struck out 14 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Shenandoah Valley Academy 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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