It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Uintah can now relate to. They fell 4-1 to the Desert Hills Thunder on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Uintah couldn't push the score so high this time.
Uintah saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaron Colton, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Desert Hills' side, Hoyt Atkin tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
At the plate, Harmon Skeen was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Uintah's loss dropped their record down to 15-12-1. As for Desert Hills, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-8.
While Uintah had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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