On Thursday, Hurricane faced Snow Canyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Hurricane Tigers fell just short of the Snow Canyon Warriors by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that Hurricane let down their fans at home.
McKinlee Wright was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times she's played.
On Snow Canyon's side, Avery Thorkelson made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Thorkelson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Meah Stafford was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Hurricane's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-5. As for Snow Canyon, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 9-2.
Hurricane will head out on the road to face off against Hunter at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Hunter has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.75 runs per game on average), something Hurricane will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Snow Canyon, they will challenge Carbon at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Carbon: 3.6, Snow Canyon: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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