Baseball Preview: Snow Canyon Warriors vs. Dixie Flyers
Snow Canyon is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Dixie is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Snow Canyon Warriors will take on the Dixie Flyers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The last three games Snow Canyon has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Snow Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Dixie, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Snow Canyon was ranked second). Snow Canyon skirted past Dixie 4-2. Four seems to be a good number for Snow Canyon as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Kyson Goates tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
At the plate, Snow Canyon's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Damon Ence, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Snow Canyon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. As for Dixie, their loss ended a 15-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Snow Canyon has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Dixie struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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