Crescent Valley waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They skirted past the West Albany Bulldogs 4-2. That's more bragging rights for Crescent Valley, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Luke Schoeffler spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up six Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Crescent Valley's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Luey Campos, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tj Deen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Crescent Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for West Albany, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Crescent Valley will challenge Corvallis at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Crescent Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Corvallis' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Albany, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against McKay at 4:30 p.m. West Albany is facing McKay at the right time seeing as McKay is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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