With a playoff game on the line, Corner Canyon rose to the challenge on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Mountain Ridge Sentinels 10-8. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Corner Canyon considering their one-run performance the game before.
Corner Canyon's victory was truly a team effort as nine different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lincoln Eure, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Drew Whatcott, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Mountain Ridge's side, they got a good showing from Colby Claassen, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Claassen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Juan Gonzalez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Remington Edwards, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Mountain Ridge didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Corner Canyon only tossed five.
Corner Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-12 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 23-9.
Corner Canyon will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Lehi at 7:00 p.m. Lehi will roll in looking for their tenth straight win, something Corner Canyon surely won't give up without a fight. Mountain Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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