The Forge Christian Fury are headed away from home for the first time to square off against the Paradise Valley Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Fury fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Tuesday's season opener. They never let Cactus get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Tuesday.
Jonathan Tipton tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Carsen Hughes was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Brock Wycoff, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Forge Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cactus only posted an OBP of .286.
Meanwhile, Paradise Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Evergreen on Tuesday, taking the game 4-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Paradise Valley's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joey Jankowski, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Owen Bird also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Forge Christian suffered a grim 18-0 defeat to Paradise Valley in their previous matchup back in March of 2015. Can Forge Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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