The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Monument Valley Mustangs at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Blue Ridge has three straight wins, Monument Valley has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Blue Ridge gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over Globe.
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Blue Ridge let Hunter Krause and Karson Rosenthal run wild. Krause scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Rosenthal scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Rosenthal a new career-high in RBI (two). Brenton Newcomb was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Monument Valley fell victim to Shiprock and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They came up short against the Chieftains, falling 10-0.
Blue Ridge's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Monument Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Monument Valley's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Blue Ridge hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .325. It's a different story for Monument Valley, though, as they've only averaged .063. Will they be able to contain Blue Ridge's hitters? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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