Upper Valley vs. Valley Doubleheader Preview
The Upper Valley Nighthawks will travel to Holyoke, Massachusetts for the first time this season to take on the Valley Blue Sox in a doubleheader. This will be the second straight day that the Nighthawks play in a doubleheader, they split the two games against the Danbury Westerners on Friday. The Valley Blue Sox are coming off a 9-1 defeat by the hands of the North Adams SteepleCats.
Quick Hits
Ryan Cesarini has a 13 game on base streak.
The Nighthawks have scored 45 runs in innings 4-6 this season.
Nighthawks have an ERA of 0.86 in the fourth inning this season.
Scouting the Opponent
Valley is 3-2 in their last 5 games.
EJ Kreutzmann is hitting .308 in 22 games this season.
Valley is 8-5 at home.
Pitching Matchup
UV: Brady Fuller: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 7.20 ERA
VAL: Sean Scanlon: 16.1 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 8 BB, 11 K, 4.40 ERA
Hitter Comparison
UV: Kevin Bruggeman: .268 AVG, .380 OBP, .341 SLG, 3 Doubles, 12 Runs, 8 RBI
VAL: Kohtaro Shimada: .267 AVG, .476 OBP, .267 SLG, Run
Team Comparison
Nighthawks: 14-7, 6-4 AWAY, +22 Run Differential
Blue Sox: 12-14, 8-5 HOME, -27 Run Differential
All Time
Nighthawks are 9-14 all time against the Blue Sox and are 1-0 against them this year.
All time the Nighthawks have been outscored by the Blue Sox 100-109.
The Nighthawks are 39-33 all time against the West Division.
The Nighthawks are 4-2 all time in game 22 of the season.
The Nighthawks are 72-66 in away games all time and are 6-4 this season.
Upper Valley’s all-time record is 152-129.


