The Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Horizon Honors Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Santa Cruz Valley fell victim to Round Valley and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Elks. The shutout was out of character for Santa Cruz Valley seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Santa Cruz Valley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Juan Juarez, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Horizon Honors scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Sequoia Pathway Academy as Horizon Honors made off with a 20-3 victory. The result was nothing new for Horizon Honors, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Santa Cruz Valley and nudges their season record down to 7-10. As for Horizon Honors, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-4.
Santa Cruz Valley suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Horizon Honors in their previous matchup on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Horizon Honors' Aidan Andrews, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Now that Santa Cruz Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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