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By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 2:11am

Baseball Preview: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Copper Hills Grizzlies

Corner Canyon and Copper Hills are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Corner Canyon Chargers will head out on the road to challenge the Copper Hills Grizzlies at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Corner Canyon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.

Corner Canyon will head into Tuesday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Tuesday after soaring to a six-run game in their last game. They fell just short of Copper Hills by a score of 8-6.

Corner Canyon got a good showing from Carson Paulsen, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.

On the hitting side, Kash Koncar and Drew Whatcott did some serious damage despite the final result: Koncar scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Whatcott scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Andrew Nice was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

Corner Canyon has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-10 record this season. As for Copper Hills, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.

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