Baseball Preview: Altamont Longhorns vs. Panguitch Bobcats
The Altamont Longhorns's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Panguitch Bobcats at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Altamont is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Panguitch is facing Altamont at the wrong time: Altamont suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Thunderbirds by a score of 4-3.
Colton Beal was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits. Beal was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Beal wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Colt Duncan, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Duncan also put up an RBI, which washis first of the season.
Even though they lost, Altamont didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Piute only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, Panguitch put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Piute and snuck past 5-4. The five-run effort marked the Bobcats' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Altamont's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Panguitch, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything went Altamont's way against Panguitch when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Altamont made off with a 14-6 victory. Does Altamont have another victory up their sleeve, or will Panguitch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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