The Tri-Valley Vikings will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Lincoln Railsplitters at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Tri-Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Lincoln will be coming in after a loss.
Tri-Valley is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Tri-Valley put the hurt on Paxton-Buckley-Loda with a sharp 11-2 win on Monday. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Cole Klein made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
Ethan Moore
| 03/17/25 @ Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 3 |
| 05/04/24 @ St. Joseph-Ogden | 2 |
| 04/22/24 @ El Paso-Gridley | 2 |
| 04/10/24 @ Fisher | 2 |
| 03/30/24 vs Bremen | 2 |
In other batting news, Ethan Moore was a standout: he scored three runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Cade Danko was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-3.
Tri-Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Paxton-Buckley-Loda only posted a batting average of .172.
Meanwhile, Lincoln came up short against Bloomington on Tuesday and fell 7-2.
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