River Valley lost against Yuba City on April 2nd, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The River Valley Falcons fell just short of the Yuba City Honkers by a score of 2-1. River Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Payton Smith spent all 11 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits and racked up 12 Ks. Those 11 innings set a new season-high mark for her.
At the plate, River Valley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Garcia, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, River Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Yuba City only tossed six.
On Yuba City's side, they also let their pitcher toss all 11 innings and she was also dialed-in: Tori Hernandez gave up only one earned run on six hits and racked up six Ks. Hernandez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
River Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Yuba City, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-7.
River Valley will head out on the road to take on Roseville at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Roseville will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Yuba City, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Wheatland at 4:00 p.m. Wheatland is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
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