On Tuesday, Riverton faced Corner Canyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Riverton Silverwolves' way against the Corner Canyon Chargers as the Riverton Silverwolves made off with an 11-1 win. Riverton's victory was all the more impressive since Corner Canyon was averaging only 3.6 runs allowed on the season.
Cooper Hansen spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Drake Piersall, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Stein Mozingo, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Corner Canyon's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Nice, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Riverton is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Corner Canyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-4.
Riverton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Corner Canyon: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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