Evergreen Valley waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Monte Vista Christian Mustangs by a score of 4-1. That's two games straight that Evergreen Valley has won by exactly three runs.
Isaac Konnick tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Liam Wong, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. Tristan Ho was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
On Monte Vista Christian's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Wright, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Evergreen Valley has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Monte Vista Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-19.
Evergreen Valley will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Oak Grove at 4:00 p.m. As for Monte Vista Christian, they will head out on the road to square off against St. Francis at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Francis will roll in looking for their 11th straight victory, something Monte Vista Christian surely won't give up without a fight.
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