The Rancocas Valley Red Devils will venture away from home to take on the Cherry Hill East Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.
Rancocas Valley fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Eastern on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 10-9.
Rancocas Valley got a good showing from Logan Shumard, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Brody Deiter made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-5 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Jaylen Alvarez was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Cherry Hill East never got on the board in their matchup last Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Camden Catholic last Monday. They never let the Fighting Irish get on the board and left with an 11-0 win. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Fighting Irish recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Dillon Haddock and Brody Connors did most of the damage at the plate: Haddock went 2-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Connors scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Salsbery, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Cherry Hill East now has a winning record of 1-0-2. As for Rancocas Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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