The Piper Pirates will challenge the Mill Valley Jaguars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Piper sitting on six straight wins and Mill Valley on five.
Piper is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand West a 13-0 shutout on Monday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Pirates with their most commanding win of the season.
Mason Porter
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Piper let Carter Laird and Mason Porter run wild. Laird went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double, while Porter went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three RBI gave Porter a new career-high. Roch Emanuel was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
Piper was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .483. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Mill Valley made easy work of Gardner-Edgerton on Tuesday and carried off a 9-0 victory. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Mill Valley's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.9 runs over those games. As for Piper, their win bumped their record up to 15-9.
Piper couldn't quite finish off Mill Valley in their previous matchup back in May of 2022 and fell 3-1. Will the Pirates have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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