Tri-Valley is 10-0 against West Muskingum since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Tri-Valley Scotties will look to defend their home field against the West Muskingum Tornadoes at 5:00 p.m. Tri-Valley will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Tri-Valley is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Ridgewood (and have done all season long). Tri-Valley blew past Ridgewood 12-3. That's two games straight that Tri-Valley has won by exactly nine runs.
Kade Hindel made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hindel has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hindel was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Draven Spinks looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Nathan Better and Daniel Huffman did most of the damage at the plate: Better scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Huffman scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ryan Lamonica, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, West Muskingum came up short against New Lexington on Tuesday and fell 7-4. West Muskingum has not had much luck with New Lexington recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
West Muskingum saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wes Houston, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Tri-Valley's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for West Muskingum, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Tri-Valley took their victory against West Muskingum when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. Will Tri-Valley repeat their success, or does West Muskingum have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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