The Youngker Roughriders will venture away from home to take on the Paradise Valley Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Youngker will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Last Thursday, Youngker came up short against Verrado and fell 7-4.
Youngker saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeremiah Garcia, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Paradise Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against Pomona on Friday as Paradise Valley made off with a 13-3 win.
Joey Jankowski was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Jankowski was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two).
Paradise Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.6 runs over those games. Youngker now has a losing record of 4-5.
Everything went Youngker's way against Paradise Valley in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Youngker made off with an 8-2 win. Does Youngker have another victory up their sleeve, or will Paradise Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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