It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mountain Ridge can now relate to. They fell just short of the Corner Canyon Chargers by a score of 10-8 on Thursday. Mountain Ridge's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Mountain Ridge got a good showing from Colby Claassen, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Claassen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Juan Gonzalez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Remington Edwards, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Mountain Ridge didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Corner Canyon only tossed five.
On Corner Canyon's side, they saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lincoln Eure, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Whatcott, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Mountain Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 23-9. As for Corner Canyon, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-12 record this season.
Mountain Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Corner Canyon, they are on the road again on Friday to play Lehi at 7:00 p.m. Corner Canyon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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