Tintic and Wendover are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but likely not for long. The Tintic Miners will play host again on Friday to welcome the Wendover Wildcats, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:00 p.m. Tintic will be strutting in after a win while Wendover will be coming in after a defeat.
Tintic will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Friday, then bounced right back against Intermountain Christian on Saturday. Tintic blew past Intermountain Christian 12-3. The Miners might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by seven runs or more this season.
Camden Johnson made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Cole Ward was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. What's more, he also posted a .750 batting average, which is the highesthe's posted since back in September of 2023. Stratyn Carlisle was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tintic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 7.6.
Meanwhile, Wendover was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 36-7 to Intermountain Christian.
Tintic's victory bumped their record up to 7-8-1. As for Wendover, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Tintic's way against Wendover when the teams last played back in August, as Tintic made off with a 27-3 win. Will Tintic repeat their success, or does Wendover have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
