The Verrado Vipers are taking a road trip to take on the Willow Canyon Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Verrado will be strutting in after a victory while Willow Canyon will be coming in after a defeat.
Verrado barely beat Paradise Valley the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Vipers blew past the Trojans 9-3 on Thursday. Considering the Vipers have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Ronal Urquiola
| 04/24/25 vs Paradise Valley | 3 |
| 03/27/25 vs Mountain View | 2 |
| 03/24/25 vs Tigard | 2 |
| 03/17/25 @ Youngker | 2 |
| 03/26/25 vs Ridgeview | 1 |
The team relied heavily on Ronal Urquiola, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colton Zacher, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Willow Canyon suffered their closest loss since March 4th on Thursday. They fell just short of Centennial by a score of 5-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Coyotes: they've now lost nine in a row.
Willow Canyon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Santiago Reyes, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Verrado has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Willow Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 18-8.
Verrado came out on top in a nail-biter against Willow Canyon in their previous matchup back in April of 2022, sneaking past 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vipers since the squad 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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