Baseball Preview: Snow Canyon Warriors vs. Dixie Flyers
The Snow Canyon Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Dixie Flyers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Snow Canyon sitting on ten straight victories and Dixie on 17.
Snow Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Desert Hills, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Snow Canyon was ranked first). Snow Canyon came out on top in a nail-biter against Desert Hills on Friday and snuck past 4-3. That's two games straight that Snow Canyon has won by just one run.
Damon Ence was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ledger Shipp, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Dixie sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Crimson Cliffs on Friday.
The team relied heavily on Boston Vest, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and a double. Braxton Yates was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Snow Canyon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Dixie, their victory was their 15th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2.
Snow Canyon came up short against Dixie in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 4-0. Thankfully for Snow Canyon, Cayson Bell (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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