After three games on the road, Pleasant Valley is heading back home. They will take on the Chico Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.
Pleasant Valley can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Everything went their way against East Nicolaus as Pleasant Valley made off with a 9-3 victory.
Alissa Snipes made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Snipes has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Snipes was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Lily Thurman was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Carisma Ta'amai, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Chico's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 12-1 walloping at the hands of Foothill. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Chico couldn't push the score so high this time.
Chico saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gioella Pennisi, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Pleasant Valley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Chico, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-2.
Pleasant Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Chico when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 4-1. Will Pleasant Valley repeat their success, or does Chico have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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