The Hidden Valley Titans will take on the Cave Spring Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hidden Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Hidden Valley proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 11) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Pulaski County. Winning may never get old, but the Titans sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
The team relied heavily on Wyatt Clarke, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, Cave Spring fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Blacksburg on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bruins by a score of 4-3. The Knights have struggled against the Bruins recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Cave Spring saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Lee, who went 2-for-5 with one run. Matthew Blankenship also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Hidden Valley's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Cave Spring, they now have a losing record of 9-10.
Everything went Hidden Valley's way against Cave Spring in their previous meeting back in April, as Hidden Valley made off with a 15-7 victory. Will the Titans repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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