The Pleasant Valley Vikings will take on the Chico Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Pleasant Valley: 3.3, Chico: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pleasant Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Red Bluff.
Pleasant Valley got a great performance from Domenic Borges as he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Borges has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jacob Ortega was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Nick Anderson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Chico can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Everything went their way against Foothill as Chico made off with an 8-2 win. Winning may never get old, but Chico sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Jaden Neugebauer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on eight hits.
On the hitting side, Chico saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tanner Horn, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Pleasant Valley's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7-1. As for Chico, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6-1 record this season.
Pleasant Valley couldn't quite finish off Chico when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chico's Malachi Bosschart, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that Pleasant Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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