Green Valley and Palo Verde are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Green Valley Gators will be playing at home against the Palo Verde Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Green Valley is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 15-5 margin over Foothill on Monday. Winning may never get old, but Green Valley sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Green Valley got a great performance from Karson Tait as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Caden Kirby was a standout: he scored two runs while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Chun, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Liberty as Palo Verde made off with a 17-4 victory.
Palo Verde got a massive performance out of Karsen Smaka, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Connor Rosinski was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Green Valley's win bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Palo Verde, their victory bumped their record up to 16-10.
Green Valley suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Palo Verde when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palo Verde's Mayson Reichartz, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Now that Green Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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