It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but North Sanpete had no problem doing just that on Friday. They skirted past the Carbon Dinos 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for North Sanpete as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Peyton Rostron tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Preston Madsen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Carbon's side, Peyton Molinar spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered five runs (all of which were unearned) on seven hits.
At the plate, Carbon saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jace Barlow, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
The victory made it two in a row for North Sanpete and bumps their season record up to 7-19. As for Carbon, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-9.
North Sanpete is on the road again on Monday to play Manti at 1:30 p.m. Manti is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.8 runs per game this season. Carbon does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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