Valley Center had lost six straight at home, but on Wednesday they dropped down to 3-16 to make it seven. They lost 7-1 to the Westview Wolverines. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wolverines this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 18-0 on Monday.
As for Westview, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The result was nothing new for Westview, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
For Westview's part, they got a great performance from Logan Johnson as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over 5.1 innings pitched. Those 13 strikeouts gave Johnson a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Zeke Gutierrez was excellent, going 1-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Jacob Kuy also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
While Valley Center had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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