Valley only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-point they dealt East Allegheny on Tuesday. The Valley Vikings put the hurt on the East Allegheny Wild Cats with a sharp 8-1 win. Winning may never get old, but Valley sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Jacob Staraniec tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
On East Allegheny's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Rupert, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Valley's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for East Allegheny, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-4 record this season.
Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Greensburg Salem at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Greensburg Salem's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for East Allegheny, they will head out on the road to square off against South Park at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Park will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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