The Tintic Miners's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Intermountain Christian Lions at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Tintic's hitters might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Altamont on Friday. They came up short against the Longhorns, falling 10-0. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, the Miners' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Even though they lost, Tintic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 7.8.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Intermountain Christian). Everything went their way against Wendover on Friday as Intermountain Christian made off with a 36-7 victory. Considering the Lions have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jonathan Doty and Wyatt Furze were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Doty tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Furze pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Doty scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Furze scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Doty now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Coy White, who scored five runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-5. What's more, he also racked up four hits, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was David Reist, who went 2-for-5 with three runs, four RBI, and a triple.
Tintic's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-8-1. As for Intermountain Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-1 record this season.
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