Baseball Game Preview: River Valley Dust Devils vs. Kingman Bulldogs

River Valley is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Kingman is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Dust Devils will welcome the Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

River Valley will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Chino Valley, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Dust Devils put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 16-6 win on Tuesday.

Hunter Koehler

Stolen Base

04/15/25 vs Chino Valley	4
04/14/25 @ Highland Prep	2
04/11/25 vs Tonopah Valley	1
04/09/25 vs Highland Prep	2
04/07/25 @ Odyssey Institute	2

The team relied heavily on Hunter Koehler, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Neufield, who scored three runs and stole three bases.

River Valley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Kingman got themselves on the board against Winslow on Tuesday, but Winslow never followed suit. They blew past Winslow 20-0.

River Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Kingman, their win bumped their record up to 15-4.

River Valley took their victory against Kingman in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 13-3 score. Will the Dust Devils repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.