Softball Preview: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Riverton Silverwolves
Corner Canyon is 0-4 against Riverton since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Corner Canyon Chargers will look to defend their home field against the Riverton Silverwolves at 3:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Corner Canyon sitting on four straight wins and Riverton on five.
On Thursday, Corner Canyon earned an 11-8 victory over Layton.
Bently Paynter was incredible, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Johnson, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Riverton can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They blew past Fremont 13-1.
Peyton Sanchez made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Sanchez has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Sanchez was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, Riverton got a massive performance out of Camryn O'Farrell, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Brooke Tacke, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
Corner Canyon's win bumped their record up to 8-14. As for Riverton, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season.
Corner Canyon suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Riverton in their previous matchup back in April. Will Corner Canyon have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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