Valor Christian kicked off their season on the road on Saturday and hit a couple of potholes. They fell 6-1 to the O'Connor Eagles.
Owen Schermerhorn was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 4.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Valor Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ian Kersten, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
On O'Connor's side, they got a great performance from Cody Stoller as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Jake Sanko was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Hustyn Wheeler, who scored a run and stole a base.
The win (which was O'Connor's third in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Valor Christian will head out on the road to take on Sunnyslope at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. As for O'Connor, they will take on Rogers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Rogers' pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so O'Connor's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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