Columbia is 3-0 against Valmeyer since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Columbia Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Valmeyer Pirates at 10:00 a.m. Columbia's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Valmeyer's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Columbia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Mascoutah, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Columbia was ranked 25th). Columbia fell 6-2 to Mascoutah on Friday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Columbia couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Valmeyer had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Meteors 3-1.
Valmeyer's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Chase Snyder, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Columbia's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-6. As for Valmeyer, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-9.
Columbia took their win against Valmeyer when the teams last played back in April of 2019 by a conclusive 20-4. Will Columbia repeat their success, or does Valmeyer have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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