Apple Valley waltzed into their matchup on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Serrano Diamondbacks 3-2. That's more bragging rights for Apple Valley, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Beau Lloyd spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Phoenix Matsumoto was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Isaiah Reveron was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
On Serrano's side, Jack Trujillo was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Serrano saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Kavanaugh, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Apple Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Serrano, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
Apple Valley will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Burroughs at 3:15 p.m. Burroughs is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season. As for Serrano, they will be playing at home against Oak Hills at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Oak Hills' pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Serrano's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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