Baseball Game Preview: Valley Rams vs. Marbury Bulldogs

The Valley Rams will venture away from home to challenge the Marbury Bulldogs at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Valley 3.4, Marbury 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Valley can't be too worried about heading out to take on Marbury: they just beat Handley at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Valley walked away with a 6-2 win over Handley on Friday. The Rams have beaten the Tigers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Tigers has come to flipping the script.

Matthew McDonald

Runs (Career)

03/28/25 @ Handley	3
03/20/25 vs Elmore County	2
03/12/25 @ Benjamin Russell	2
03/11/25 vs Central of Clay County	2
03/08/25 @ Headland	2

Matthew McDonald made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Ty Monteith was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.

Meanwhile, Marbury came tearing into Wednesday's match with 14 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 5-4 W against the Rockets. Five seems to be a good number for the Bulldogs as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Valley's record now sits at 13-5. As for Marbury, their win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-2.