Valley Center and Westview are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Valley Center Jaguars will head out on the road to take on the Westview Wolverines at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Valley Center is no doubt hoping to put an end to a ten-game streak of away losses.
Valley Center will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Ramona, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Valley Center's way against Ramona on Thursday as Valley Center made off with an 8-1 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory Valley Center has managed all season.
Meanwhile, Westview can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Escondido a 17-0 shutout. With that win, Westview brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Anessa Hartman was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Hartman was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Lynn Azuma and Leilani Muller did most of the damage at the plate: Azuma went 3-for-3 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs, while Muller scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Muller has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Aleya Colon, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Valley Center's record is now 4-20-1. As for Westview, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Valley Center suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Westview in their previous matchup back in April. Can Valley Center avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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