The Valley Park Hawks will challenge the Pacific Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Valley Park nor Pacific posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Valley Park's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Hazelwood West on Wednesday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 7-0. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Adison Durbin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and two unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up 13 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Valley Park saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaecie Bowen, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Valley Park didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Pacific was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 17-2 to Oakville. That's two games in a row now that the Indians have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Valley Park's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-1. As for Pacific, their loss dropped their record down to 4-22.
Valley Park couldn't quite finish off Pacific in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 4-2. Can Valley Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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