Baseball Recap: Box Elder Victorious

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Box Elder ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over the Roy Royals. This was a revenge game for the Bees: when they faced off against the Royals on Wednesday, they had to take a 8-2 defeat.

Maddox Earnest

Doubles (Career)

05/01/26 @ Roy	2
04/24/26 @ Clearfield	1
04/17/26 @ Bonneville	1
04/15/26 vs Bonneville	1
03/27/26 vs Fremont	1

Maddox Earnest made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two doubles. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high.

Earnest wasn't the only one making solid contact as eight players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Korbin Jeppesen, who went 1-for-4 with two runs and one triple. Jeppesen has become a key player for Box Elder: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-14 otherwise.

Box Elder's win bumped their record up to 8-14. As for Roy, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.

Coming up, Box Elder will welcome Northridge at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The Bees are facing the Knights at the right time seeing as the Knights are stuck on a nine-game losing streak. Roy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.