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| 03/28/25 - Home | 20-1 W |
| 04/25/24 - Away | 15-3 W |
| 03/25/24 - Home | 11-1 W |
| 05/01/23 - Home | 13-0 W |
| 03/28/23 - Away | 18-2 W |
| + 3 more games |
Montgomery is a perfect 8-0 against Sugar Valley Rural since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Red Raiders will square off against the Phoenix at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Montgomery has ten straight wins, Sugar Valley Rural has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Montgomery's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Muncy 10-0. The Red Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Montgomery let Madisyn Miller and Arianna Snyder run wild. Miller went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one run, while Snyder went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double. That double marked the first that Snyder has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenna Houseknect, who earned three runs and one stolen base.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Montgomery kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Muncy only managed one hit.
Meanwhile, Sugar Valley Rural lost 19-1 to Bucktail on Wednesday.
Montgomery pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Sugar Valley Rural, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Sugar Valley Rural's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Montgomery has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.9 hits per game. It's a different story for Sugar Valley Rural, though, as they've been averaging 12.2 hits. Given Montgomery's sizable advantage in that area, the Phoenix will need to find a way to close that gap.
Montgomery took their victory against Sugar Valley Rural in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 20-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Red Raiders since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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