Baseball Game Preview: Murray Spartans vs. Kearns Cougars

Spartans

Runs

03/25/25 vs Kearns	10
03/15/25 @ Pine View	6
03/15/25 vs Stansbury	11
03/14/25 vs Carbon	6
03/14/25 vs Grantsville	4

For the second straight game, Murray will face off against Kearns. Murray is taking a road trip to take on Kearns at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Murray is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.

Murray's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Kearns as Murray made off with a 10-0 victory.

The result came thanks to Bode Gladhart's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up seven Ks.

At the plate, Conner Whitehead was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Atticus Rogers also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Murray was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kearns only posted a batting average of .059.

Kearns is on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3. As for Murray, their win bumped their record up to 4-0-1.

Kearns' hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Murray has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Kearns, though, as they've been averaging only 3.3 strikeouts. Will Murray keep running through batters, or will Kearns buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.