Baseball Recap: Snow Canyon Warriors vs. Lone Peak Knights
On Friday, Snow Canyon faced Lone Peak in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Snow Canyon Warriors fell 5-1 to the Lone Peak Knights. It was the first time this season that Snow Canyon let down their fans at home.
Damon Ence was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Ledger Shipp, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
On Lone Peak's side, they got a great performance from Grady Slesk as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Lance Pettit picked up the save, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Landon Fry, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Tanner Walkenhorst, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Snow Canyon's loss ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-3. As for Lone Peak, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Snow Canyon will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Salem Hills at 2:00 p.m. Salem Hills will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Snow Canyon surely won't give up without a fight. As for Lone Peak, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Woods Cross at 11:30 a.m. Woods Cross has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.33 runs per game on average), something Lone Peak will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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