Baseball Recap: Merit Preparatory Academy Comes Up Short

Merit Preparatory Academy and Panguitch squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Merit Preparatory Academy had to settle for second. They lost 30-0 to the Bobcats. Having soared to a lofty 17 runs in the game before, the Knights' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Merit Preparatory Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Panguitch, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 20-3.

Merit Preparatory Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Panguitch, they will square off against Tintic at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Bobcats' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Miners have averaged an impressive 8.1 runs per game this season.