The Waubonsie Valley Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Neuqua Valley Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Waubonsie Valley is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
On Monday, Waubonsie Valley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Neuqua Valley.
For Neuqua Valley's part, Michael Langan was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Langan has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Langan was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, Neuqua Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 20 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Waubonsie Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Neuqua Valley, they dropped their record down to 9-14 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.
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