Grand County had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Duchesne Eagles a 1-0 shutout. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Grand County has scored all year.
Not much got past Jaxon Carroll, who gave up just eight hits to keep Duchesne off the board. Carroll has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Grand County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jason Mckinney, who went 1-for-3 with a triple.
Even though they lost, Duchesne didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 18 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Grand County only tossed three.
Grand County has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Duchesne, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-8.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Grand County beat Duchesne by a score of 17-5 later that day.
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