It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Snow Canyon had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Dixie Flyers 4-2. Winning may never get old, but Snow Canyon sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Snow Canyon got a great performance from Kyson Goates as he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Goates has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Makaio Swensen, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Crew Secrist, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
On Dixie's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braxton Yates, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Snow Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-5 record this season. As for Dixie, their loss dropped their record down to 27-4.
Snow Canyon will have a chance to go back-to-back against Dixie: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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