Baseball Recap: Intermountain Christian Lions vs. Merit Preparatory Academy Knights
The matchup between Intermountain Christian and Merit Preparatory Academy on Friday hardly resembled the 4-0 effort from their previous meeting. Everything went the Intermountain Christian Lions' way against the Merit Preparatory Academy Knights as the Intermountain Christian Lions made off with a 20-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Coy White made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. White was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on David Reist, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Jonathan Doty was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Intermountain Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now posted at least 0.3 batting average in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Intermountain Christian pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Merit Preparatory Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Intermountain Christian will venture away from home to square off against Draper APA at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Merit Preparatory Academy, they will host Freedom Prep Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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