Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley will be playing at home against the Rocky Grove Orioles at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley has five straight wins, Rocky Grove has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. They put the hurt on Reynolds with a sharp 13-4 win. 13 seems to be a good number for Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Zach Cooper was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastian Link, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Rocky Grove didn't have quite enough to beat Reynolds on Friday and fell 3-2.
Aaron Wetjen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits.
On the hitting side, Rocky Grove saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blake Goltare, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Rocky Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Rocky Grove's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .332. It's a different story for Rocky Grove, though, as they've only averaged .200. Will they be able to contain Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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