Wendover and Tintic are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but likely not for long. The Wendover Wildcats will face off against the Tintic Miners at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Wendover is looking for their season's first win.
Wendover came up short against Intermountain Christian on Friday, falling 36-7.
Tintic never got on the board in their matchup on Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Intermountain Christian last Saturday. They put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 12-3 victory. Considering the Miners have won six contests by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Camden Johnson made a splash 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 racked up three hits, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Stratyn Carlisle, who scored 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 games they've averaged 7.6.
Wendover's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Tintic, their record is now 7-8-1.
Wendover might still be hurting after the 27-3 defeat they got from Tintic in their previous meeting back in August. Can Wendover avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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