Baseball Game Preview: Stansbury Stallions vs. Hillcrest Huskies

By Team Reports Mar 24, 2024, 9:54am

Preview: Stansbury Stallions vs. Hillcrest Huskies

Stansbury is 5-0 against Hillcrest since May of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Stansbury Stallions will head out on the road to take on the Hillcrest Huskies at 3:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Friday, Stansbury faced Cottonwood in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Stansbury fell just short of Cottonwood by a score of 9-8.

Xaviah Patch and Noah Nunley did some serious damage despite the final result: Patch scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Nunley scored two runs while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Palmer, who went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.

Meanwhile, Hillcrest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. Their tough 10-0 loss to Pine View might stick with them for a while. That's two games in a row now that Hillcrest has lost by exactly ten runs.

Stansbury's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Hillcrest, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.

Stansbury took their win against Hillcrest in their previous matchup on March 9th by a conclusive 15-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Stansbury since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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