The Mission Valley Vikings will challenge the Lebo Wolves on Monday. Mission Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 1.5 runs per game this season, so Lebo's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mission Valley fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Burlington on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mission Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Christiansen, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Lebo came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.4 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 15-12 victory over the Chargers. While the Wolves didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Lebo pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.8 runs over those games. As for Mission Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-2.
Everything went Mission Valley's way against Lebo when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Mission Valley made off with a 14-3 win. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Wolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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