The Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Tempe Prep Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Santa Cruz Valley has five straight victories, Tempe Prep has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Santa Cruz Valley beats Tempe Prep with 18 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Everything went Santa Cruz Valley's way against Lincoln Prep on Thursday as Santa Cruz Valley made off with an 18-8 win. Considering the Dust Devils have won five matches by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Tempe Prep fell victim to Heritage Academy and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Heroes by a score of 2-0.
Will Drescher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
Santa Cruz Valley's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Tempe Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Santa Cruz Valley beat Tempe Prep 8-4 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Will Santa Cruz Valley repeat their success, or does Tempe Prep has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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