Baseball Recap: Connor Cowan can't quite lead Juab over Union

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 8:19pm

Baseball Recap: Juab Wasps vs. Union Cougars

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Juab can now relate to. They fell just short of the Union Cougars by a score of 3-2 on Monday. Juab's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

Juab got a good showing from Landon Buchanan, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

At the plate, Juab saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Cowan, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.

Juab's defeat dropped their record down to 20-7. As for Union, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 17-10-1 record this season.

Juab will challenge North Sanpete at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. North Sanpete has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.88 runs per game on average), something Juab will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Union, they will challenge Manti at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Manti is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.8 runs per game this season.

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