Moreno Valley is 0-3 against Temescal Canyon since March of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Moreno Valley Vikings will be staying on the road to face off against the Temescal Canyon Titans at 3:15 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Moreno Valley stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Woodcrest Christian with a sharp 10-4 victory. With that win, Moreno Valley brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on R. Ramirez, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was G. Banuelos, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Temescal Canyon has not done well against King recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Temescal Canyon came out on top in a nail-biter against King and snuck past 3-2. The victory was nothing new for Temescal Canyon as they're now sitting on three straight.
Temescal Canyon also got a great performance from Caden Lenart as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Bennett Murray was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Moreno Valley pushed their record up to 14-2 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Temescal Canyon, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.
Moreno Valley came up short against Temescal Canyon when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 6-2. Thankfully for Moreno Valley, Grant Givens (who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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