Valley Forge is 1-9 against Normandy since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Valley Forge Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Normandy Invaders at 5:00 p.m. Normandy took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Valley Forge, who comes in off a win.
Valley Forge will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Rhodes on Wednesday. Valley Forge came out on top against Rhodes by a score of 11-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Normandy's offense. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lakewood on Thursday. Normandy has struggled against Lakewood recently, as their contest on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Valley Forge's win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Normandy, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Valley Forge couldn't quite finish off Normandy in their previous meeting on April 9th and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Normandy's PEYTON VACCA, who struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. Now that Valley Forge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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