The Hillcrest Trojans will challenge the Valley View Eagles at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
Hillcrest is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Moreno Valley just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 8-2 to the Vikings.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Valley View). Everything went their way against Carter last Saturday as they made off with a 16-10 victory. Considering the Eagles have won nine matchups by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Valley View got a great performance from Adam Ghiliotty as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave Ghiliotty a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Justin Gomez, who went 3-for-4 with four stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Merrick Kerr was another key player, getting on base in two of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Valley View's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Hillcrest, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.
Hillcrest came up short against Valley View when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 4-0. Can the Trojans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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