On Wednesday, Corner Canyon faced Mountain Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Corner Canyon Chargers lost 9-3 to the Mountain Ridge Sentinels. Corner Canyon's loss continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Corner Canyon got a good showing from Lincoln Eure, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Corner Canyon saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Horstmann, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Horstmann has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Corner Canyon's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Mountain Ridge, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 14-7.
While Corner Canyon 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 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
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