Baseball Recap: Juab Wasps vs. Carbon Dinos
Juab entered their tilt with Carbon with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They skirted past the Carbon Dinos 4-3. That's more bragging rights for Juab, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Austin Park made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Park has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Park was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI.
Park wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Tate Halvorson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Like Juab, Carbon also got a great game from a two-way player: Peyton Molinar. On the mound, Molinar didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Maizen Prichard struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. At bat, Molinar scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Prichard scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Carbon didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 18 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Juab is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Carbon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
Juab didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 7-5 defeat vs. Tooele on the 20th. As for Carbon, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Union at 3:00 p.m. Carbon is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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