Baseball Recap: Desert Edge Finds Home Field Redemption Against North Canyon

There's no place like home for Desert Edge, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. Everything went their way against the North Canyon Rattlers on Monday as the Desert Edge Scorpions made off with a 13-2 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Scorpions needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.

Desert Edge let Justice Scott and Zeus Durazo run wild. Scott scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Durazo went a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Those three runs gave Scott a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Coleman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Desert Edge hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Canyon struck out seven times.

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Previous 3 Games

03/17/25 - Home	13-2 W
03/06/18 - Home	7-2 W
03/07/17 - Away	7-1 W

Desert Edge's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for North Canyon, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Desert Edge will head out to take on Chaparral at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for North Canyon, they will venture away from home to face off against Canyon View at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Canyon View is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.