The Vale Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Marsing Huskies at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Vale will be strutting in after a win while Marsing will be coming in after a defeat.
Vale is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Nestucca with a sharp 14-3 victory on Saturday. The win was some much needed relief for the Vikings as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Marsing faced Cole Valley Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Marsing fell just short of Cole Valley Christian by a score of 2-1. The matchup marked the Huskies' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Marsing saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Levi Puga, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
This is the second loss in a row for Marsing and nudges their season record down to 4-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Vale, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Vale suffered a grim 16-2 defeat to Marsing in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can Vale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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