Spring Valley extended their losing streak to three on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 8-18-2 in the process. They came up short against the Liberty Patriots, falling 9-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Patriots this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 7-0 on Tuesday.
As for Liberty, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-11 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games.
For Liberty's part, they got a great performance from Shawn Mack as he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Mack has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Cole Neilson was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and one triple. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Rashaan Chavis, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
As of now, neither Spring Valley nor Liberty have any future games scheduled.
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