The West Field Longhorns will head out to take on the Herriman Mustangs at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
West Field is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Bountiful on Monday. They fell just short of the RedHawks by a score of 2-1. The Longhorns' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Caymen Kap was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, West Field saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Hurst, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Herriman waltzed into their matchup on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with an 8-3 win over the Tigers. While the Mustangs didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-25), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Ryker Renteria was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Boston Jacobson was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Herriman was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in five consecutive games.
Herriman's record is now 6-3. As for West Field, they suffered their first road loss, dropping their record down to 6-5.
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