Desert is 1-9 against Kern Valley since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Desert Scorpions will head out on the road to square off against the Kern Valley Broncs at 3:15 p.m.
Desert is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs last Friday, they were much more limited against Boron on Tuesday. They lost 18-2 to the Bobcats.
Meanwhile, Kern Valley got themselves on the board against Boron on Thursday, but Boron never followed suit. They came out on top against the Bobcats by a score of 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Kern Valley.
Not much got past Seth Stockwell, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Boron off the board.
At the plate, Zack Wargo was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
Desert's defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Kern Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Desert suffered a grim 20-5 defeat to Kern Valley in their previous matchup on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stockwell, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off two hits. Now that Desert knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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