The Valley Union Blue Devils will be taking part in a tournament against the St. Johns Redskins at 1:00 a.m. on Thursday. St. Johns took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Valley Union, who comes in off a win.
Valley Union is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Monday. They blew past Duncan 13-2. The win continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their matchups with the Wildkats: they've now won four in a row.
Dylan Mitchell was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Mitchell was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Miles Richardson was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Marshall Larson was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, one triple, and one run.
Valley Union was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .440. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Duncan only posted a batting average of .188.
Meanwhile, St. Johns came up short against Pima on Tuesday, falling 7-1.
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