The Valley Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Deer Lakes Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley has nine straight wins, Deer Lakes has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Valley narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Deer Lakes 4-3.
For Deer Lakes' part, Ryan Cochran was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Cochran was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-5.
Cochran wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Danka, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Noah Shurina, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Valley is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Deer Lakes, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Deer Lakes struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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