Baseball Recap: Mountain Ridge Drops Highest Score of Season Against Riverton

Sentinels

Team Score (Highest)

05/21/25 vs Riverton	22
03/20/25 @ Timpanogos	16
04/11/25 @ Herriman	15
04/25/25 vs Copper Hills	10
05/15/25 vs Layton	9

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Ridge). They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Riverton Silverwolves 22-21. The game was the first time the Sentinels have beaten the Silverwolves on their field since April 9, 2024.

Colby Claassen tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Mountain Ridge saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tegan Jenkins, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.

Mountain Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Riverton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-11.

Mountain Ridge didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 9-1 defeat against American Fork on the 21st. Riverton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.