Baseball Recap: Corner Canyon comes up short despite Garrett Downing's strong performance

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 3:06pm

Baseball Recap: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels

On Friday, Corner Canyon faced Mountain Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Corner Canyon Chargers lost 10-4 to the Mountain Ridge Sentinels. Corner Canyon has not had much luck with Mountain Ridge recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Garrett Downing made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Munson, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with.

Corner Canyon's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Mountain Ridge, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Corner Canyon will take on Copper Hills at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Corner Canyon is facing Copper Hills at the right time seeing as Copper Hills is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Mountain Ridge, they will be playing at home against Herriman at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Mountain Ridge will also cruise into their next matchup with the timing on their side: Herriman will have lost three straight heading into Monday's contest.

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