The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs will be taking part in a tournament against the Davis Darts at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sunrise Mountain's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Davis' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Sunrise Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Notre Dame Prep, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Sunrise Mountain was ranked 23rd). The Mustangs fell just short of the Saints by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Ethan Dinnell was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Sunrise Mountain saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Grott, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Davis won against Clearfield on Tuesday with 17 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Darts put the hurt on West Field with a sharp 17-8 victory. Considering the Darts have won four contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Davis also got a great performance from Tripp Painter as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Painter has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Will Nixon, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Mitch Ossmen was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Davis and bumps their season record up to 4-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Sunrise Mountain, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
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