The Mountain Crest Mustangs will challenge the Park City Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Monday, Mountain Crest didn't have quite enough to beat Provo and fell 2-1.
Mountain Crest got a good showing from Rylin Needham, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Mountain Crest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jace Jorgensen, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, Park City hadn't done well against Salem Hills recently (they were 0-8 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Everything went Park City's way against Salem Hills as Park City made off with a 9-2 victory. With that win, the Miners brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Justin Michaelis, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and one double. He also put up a run, which was his first of the season. Joey Breza was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Park City was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Salem Hills only posted a batting average of .056.
Mountain Crest's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Park City, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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