It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but West Ashley had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Spring Valley Vikings 5-4. This was a revenge game for the Wildcats: when they faced off against the Vikings on Monday, they had to take a 9-4 defeat.
West Ashley's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Josh Painter, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave Painter a new career-high.
West Ashley hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Spring Valley struck out nine times.
Wildcats
| 05/06/25 vs Spring Valley | 5-4 |
| 04/30/25 vs Ashley Ridge | 10-5 |
| 04/23/25 vs Summerville | 4-3 |
| 04/16/25 vs John Champe | 7-6 |
| 04/15/25 vs Beaufort | 6-3 |
| + 3 more games |
West Ashley's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-17. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Spring Valley, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-15.
West Ashley will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Vikings: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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