It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Simi Valley ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Royal Highlanders and snuck past 5-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Simi Valley.
Kyle Casey tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, Simi Valley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Quentin McGahan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Royal's side, Zachary Nagy was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Caden Salazar, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Simi Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4-2 record this season. As for Royal, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-5.
Simi Valley will have a chance to go back-to-back against Royal: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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