Baseball Recap: Skyridge Has No Trouble Against East

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Skyridge). They put the hurt on the East Leopards with a sharp 16-2 win on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Murphy Dunn

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/15/25 vs East	7
04/17/24 vs Westlake	6
04/10/24 vs Lone Peak	3
05/07/24 @ Pleasant Grove	2
03/12/25 @ Timpanogos	1

Murphy Dunn looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Miles Robinson, who went 2-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Rip Roberts was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-4.

Skyridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East only posted an OBP of .250.

Skyridge's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for East, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-3.

Looking ahead, Skyridge will be playing in front of their home fans against Layton at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Skyridge is facing Layton at the right time seeing as Layton is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for East, they will be taking part in a tournament against Dixie at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Dixie is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.