Valley Vista won the last time they faced Maricopa, and things went their way on Monday too. The Valley Vista Monsoon came out on top against the Maricopa Rams by a score of 7-2.
Elijah White spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits.
At the plate, Stephen Neal and Jacob Tovar did most of the damage at the plate: Neal got on base in four of his five plate appearances with an RBI, while Tovar scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Maricopa's side, Ethan Chavez was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Chavez has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Chavez was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Chavez wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cayden Cook, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Maricopa didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Valley Vista only tossed five.
Valley Vista is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11-1 record this season. As for Maricopa, their record now sits at 14-7.
Valley Vista will have a chance to go back-to-back against Maricopa: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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