Baseball Game Preview: Morgan Trojans vs. Payson Lions

The Morgan Trojans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Payson Lions at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Morgan is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.

Morgan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked eighth at the time (Morgan was ranked fifth). The Trojans came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday.

Kolby Kendell

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/10/26 @ Mountain View	2
03/06/26 vs Emery	1
03/06/26 vs Providence Hall	1
03/27/25 @ Ben Lomond	1

Kolby Kendell was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Owen Gilson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, Payson strolled into their game on Tuesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Everything went their way against Juab as they made off with an 11-1 win.

Bosten Roseman made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Roseman was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ruger Braithwaite, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Cole Neves was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Payson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .606. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Juab only posted an OBP of .125.

The victory got Morgan back to even at 3-3. As for Payson, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.