Baseball Recap: Gunnison Valley Beats North Summit for Their Eighth Straight Win

Bulldogs

Previous Games

03/25/25 vs North Summit	18-1
03/25/25 vs North Summit	15-0
03/21/25 vs Grand County	6-5
03/19/25 @ Grand County	6-5
03/15/25 vs Milford	6-4
+ 3 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gunnison Valley). Everything went their way against the North Summit Braves on Tuesday as Gunnison Valley made off with an 18-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Bulldogs, who have now won eight matchups in a row.

Porter Comin and Dillon Dyreng made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Comin tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Dyreng tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. That's the fewest hits Comin has allowed over his last four games. At bat, Comin scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Dyreng scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave Dyreng a new career-high.

In other batting news, Daxton Knudsen was incredible, going 3-for-5 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. He has become a key player for Gunnison Valley: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Waylon Sorenson, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two doubles and one RBI.

Gunnison Valley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .659. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Gunnison Valley's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for North Summit, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Gunnison Valley is set to square off against their familiar foe Duchesne at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, North Summit will challenge rival Grand County at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.