Baseball Preview: Draper APA Eagles vs. Intermountain Christian Lions
The Draper APA Eagles will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Intermountain Christian Lions at 2:45 p.m.
On Friday, neither Draper APA nor Freedom Prep Academy could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 0-0 draw.
Meanwhile, Intermountain Christian made easy work of Merit Preparatory Academy on Friday and carried off a 20-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Coy White made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. White was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on David Reist, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Jonathan Doty was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Intermountain Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now posted at least 0.3 batting average in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Draper APA's draw makes their record 1-0-1 this season. As for Intermountain Christian, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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