The Sonoma Valley Dragons will take on the Archie Williams Peregrine Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sonoma Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Archie Williams' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Sonoma Valley turned things around against Bethel on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Jaguars a 12-0 shutout. The Dragons' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Wyatt Hinman
| 03/11/25 @ Maria Carrillo | 7 |
| 03/18/25 vs Bethel | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs Albany | 1 |
| 02/22/25 vs Hercules | 1 |
Wyatt Hinman was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. He is becoming a predictor of Sonoma Valley's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 2-1 (and 0-5 when he doesn't). Hinman was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base. That run was his first of the season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Colin Buckley, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Luciano Hernandez was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Archie Williams ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Redwood 4-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Peregrine Falcons have posted since April 23, 2024.
Archie Williams' victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was August Block, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Block a new career-high in RBI (two). Another was Jake Barnes, who went 1-for-4 with one home run.
Sonoma Valley's win bumped their record up to 2-6. As for Archie Williams, their victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-6.
Everything went Sonoma Valley's way against Archie Williams in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, as Sonoma Valley made off with an 18-1 win. Will Sonoma Valley repeat their success, or does Archie Williams has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
