The West Valley Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Yreka Miners at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Yreka took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on West Valley, who comes in off a win.
West Valley can't be too worried about heading out to take on Yreka: they just beat Lassen at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. West Valley came out on top against Lassen by a score of 5-1 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Yreka came up short against Central Valley on Friday and fell 5-1.
William Hayes made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Yreka didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 14th loss (out of 19 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
West Valley's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Yreka, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-19 record this season.
Everything went West Valley's way against Yreka in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as West Valley made off with an 11-3 win. Will West Valley repeat their success, or does Yreka have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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