The Valley Christian Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Valley Christian will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Valley Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Carmel with a sharp 10-3 win on Saturday. The Warriors not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since March 7th (when they won 7-0).
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Salpointe Catholic made sure to put some runs up on the board against Sahuaro on Monday. The Lancers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Cougars a 12-0 shutout. Considering the Lancers have won ten matchups by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Salpointe Catholic got a great performance from Leonardo Santiago Gonzalez as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. Santiago Gonzalez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Zachary Peura was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Anthony Milo also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Salpointe Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Valley Christian, their record now sits at 10-4.
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