It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Carbon can now relate to. They fell just short of the North Sanpete Hawks by a score of 5-3 on Friday. Carbon has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
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.
On the hitting side, 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.
On North Sanpete's side, Peyton Rostron tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Rostron has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Preston Madsen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Carbon's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-9. As for North Sanpete, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-19.
Carbon does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Sanpete, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Manti at 1:30 p.m. North Sanpete has given up an average of 7.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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