The Emery Spartans will take on the Morgan Trojans at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Emery heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Tuesday. They lost 13-1 to Canyon View. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Falcons: they've now lost eight in a row.
Beau Stilson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, Morgan narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past North Sanpete 11-10.
The team relied heavily on Kanyon Leonelli, who went 3-for-5 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. Lincoln Gilson was another key player, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Morgan was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in three consecutive matches.
Morgan is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs over those games. As for Emery, their loss dropped their record down to 11-18.
Everything went Emery's way against Morgan when the teams last played on Monday, as Emery made off with a 10-3 victory. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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