Baseball Recap: Copper Hills Grizzlies vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels
On Friday, Copper Hills faced Mountain Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Copper Hills Grizzlies came out on top against the Mountain Ridge Sentinels by a score of 5-2. This was a revenge matchup for Copper Hills, as the team was forced to settle for an 8-0 loss when these two played last Wednesday.
Connor Drachman tossed a big game, tossing 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Copper Hills' win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Grady Evans, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Copper Hills' victory bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Mountain Ridge, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-6.
Copper Hills will take on Herriman at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Copper Hills is facing Herriman at the right time seeing as Herriman is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Mountain Ridge, they will head out on the road to challenge Bingham at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bingham has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed seven runs per game on average), something Mountain Ridge will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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