Piute is on a four-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Panguitch is on a 13-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Piute Thunderbirds will welcome the Panguitch Bobcats at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Piute is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Pinnacle onto the board and left with a 20-0 win on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Blake Dalton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Nash Fautin was incredible, going 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Braige Millett was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Piute was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .556. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 23.5% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 35.7%.
Meanwhile, everything went Panguitch's way against Valley on Friday as Panguitch made off with a 15-0 win.
Piute has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Panguitch, their victory bumped their record up to 17-1.
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