After flying high against Tri-Cities Christian last Thursday, Happy Valley came back down to earth. The Warriors fell just short of the Chuckey-Doak Black Knights by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday. The Warriors have struggled against the Black Knights recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Grady Goulds put in work no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching six innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Goulds was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with three RBI and one stolen base.
In other batting news, Drew Blevins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.
Happy Valley's loss dropped their record down to 8-6-1. As for Chuckey-Doak, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
While Happy Valley had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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