Hood River Valley dropped their record down to 10-6 on Tuesday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They fell 9-5 to the La Salle Falcons. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Falcons this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 on Friday.
As for La Salle, the win was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 15-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games.
For La Salle's part, Torsten Hersom made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Hersom has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Declan O'Brien, who went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Jack Schweitzer, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run.
Hood River Valley has already played their next match (against La Salle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for the Falcons, they will head out on the road to square off against Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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