For the second straight game, Palo Verde Valley will face off against Southwest EC. The Yellow Jackets will be playing at home against the Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palo Verde Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Palo Verde Valley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on April 14th, they were much more limited against Southwest EC on Tuesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. The defeat continues a trend for the Yellow Jackets in their meetings with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.
Palo Verde Valley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Yasleen Reyes, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-3.
Southwest EC's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Palo Verde Valley, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
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