It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Desert Hills had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Uintah Utes by a score of 4-1. The win was nothing new for Desert Hills as they're now sitting on three straight.
Desert Hills got a great performance from Hoyt Atkin as he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Harmon Skeen was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
On Uintah's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaron Colton, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Desert Hills' victory bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Uintah, their loss dropped their record down to 15-12-1.
Desert Hills will have a chance to go back-to-back against Uintah: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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