Altamont is 10-0 against Wendover since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Altamont Longhorns will host the Wendover Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Altamont has four straight victories, Wendover has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Altamont's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Intermountain Christian as Altamont made off with a 15-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Longhorns, who have now won eight matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Colton Beal made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. Beal was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. That triple marked the first that he's hit this season.
In other batting news, Parker Harrison was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having also posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Ryker Thacker, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Altamont was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .619. The last time their batting average was this high was back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Wendover lost 27-3 to Tintic on Friday.
Altamont has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Wendover, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Altamont's way against Wendover when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Altamont made off with an 18-0 victory. Does Altamont have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wendover turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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