The Valle Catholic Warriors will head out to face off against the Clearwater Fightin' Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Valle Catholic turned things around against Woodland on Friday. They put the hurt on the Cardinals with a sharp 16-6 win.
Meanwhile, Clearwater came tearing into Friday's game with 15 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 15-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Fightin' Tigers have won by exactly 15 runs.
Clearwater's victory was their 11th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 27-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.3 runs over those games. As for Valle Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 10-12.
Valle Catholic might still be hurting after the 17-0 loss they got from Clearwater when the teams last played back in March. Can the Warriors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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