Evergreen Valley and Silver Creek are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Evergreen Valley Cougars will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Silver Creek Raiders at 4:00 p.m. Evergreen Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Evergreen Valley is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Oak Grove (and have done all season long). Evergreen Valley never let Oak Grove onto the board and left with a 7-0 win on Friday.
The result came thanks to Ahmed Rashid's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Liam Wong, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Mason Scullion, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Silver Creek lost 20-8 to Gilroy on Friday.
Michael Fonseca made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. Keith Truong was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Evergreen Valley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Silver Creek, they dropped their record down to 8-15 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.
Everything went Evergreen Valley's way against Silver Creek in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Evergreen Valley made off with a 19-0 victory. Will Evergreen Valley repeat their success, or does Silver Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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