Baseball Recap: Mountain Ridge Finds Playoff Glory Versus Layton

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mountain Ridge had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They never let the Layton Lancers get on the board and left with a 5-0 win. Five seems to be a good number for the Sentinels as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Colby Claassen looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ethan Iacono, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Goff, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.

Mountain Ridge hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive contests.

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Previous 3 Games

05/14/25 - Neutral	5-0 W
05/19/23 - Home	13-3 W
05/18/23 - Home	23-7 W

Mountain Ridge's win bumped their record up to 17-9. As for Layton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-15.

Mountain Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Lancers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday.