The Tintic Miners will square off against the Wayne Badgers at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Tintic comes in on nine straight and Wayne on three straight.
Tintic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Valley 11-9.
The team relied heavily on Braylon Jones, who went 3-for-4 while posting 2 runs, 1 stolen base, and 1 RBI. The game marked his 11th in a row with at least two hits.
Meanwhile, Wayne narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Piute 2-1.
Conner Edwards hurled a big game, striking out 7 batters over 7 innings while giving up just 1 earned run off 5 hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Wayne's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Teegan Flanagan, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances while posting 1 stolen base and 2 walks.
The victory improved Tintic's record to 19-8. As for Wayne, their win bumped their record up to 19-6.
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