Valencia grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third but Maranatha answered with nine unanswered runs in a 9-3 non-league road loss.

The third inning was the Vikings' moment: Brady Ruffner tripled, Zach Davis doubled him home, and after Santino Cascione's sacrifice fly and Evan Conrad's steal of home, Valencia was up 3-0. Justin Gaisford had the day at the plate, 3-for-4 with a double.

Tennysen Enneking gave Valencia three steady innings, surrendering a single run, but Maranatha kept chipping, one in the third, one in the fourth, then broke through for four in the fifth and three in the sixth. Kaleb Derosier did the heavy lifting, 3-for-3 with three runs driven in.

Kaden Lai slammed the door for the home side, four scoreless innings of one-hit relief with four strikeouts, and the Vikings could not solve him after the third.