Red Bluff is 1-9 against Pleasant Valley since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Red Bluff Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 4:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Red Bluff: 3.2, Pleasant Valley: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Red Bluff is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Shasta a 3-0 shutout.
Not much got past Cooper Sides, who gave up just four hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Shasta off the board. Sides has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Red Bluff saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Oscar Torres, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Pleasant Valley had to settle for a 7-5 loss against Chico last Tuesday. Pleasant Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jacob Ortega and Jake Dahl stepped up to the plate in a big way. Ortega went 1-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run, while Dahl went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Red Bluff has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Pleasant Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-7-1.
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