The Bureau Valley Storm will face off against the Stark County Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bureau Valley has nine straight victories, Stark County has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Bureau Valley's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Galva with a sharp 8-0 win. The Storm might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Stark County lost 8-2 to Peoria Christian on Monday.
Stark County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaedon Steelman, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Bureau Valley's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Stark County, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Bureau Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Stark County when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-0. Will the Storm repeat their success, or do the Rebels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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