The Stansbury Stallions will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Granger Lancers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Stansbury's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Granger has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Last Monday, everything went Stansbury's way against Clearfield as Stansbury made off with a 15-5 win. With that victory, the Stallions brought their scoring average up to 6.7 runs per game.
Stansbury got a massive performance out of Jaxon Adams, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Those three runs gave Adams a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kai Astill, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Granger came up short against Wasatch on Wednesday and fell 8-4.
Granger saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hugo Cubillan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Cubillan also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Cohen Owens was another, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Granger's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Stansbury, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Granger's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Stansbury hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .326. It's a different story for Granger, though, as they've only averaged .165. Will they be able to contain Stansbury's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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