The Roy Royals will head out on the road to square off against the Clearfield Falcons at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Roy will head into Wednesday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-1 walloping at the hands of Northridge. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Roy couldn't push the score so high this time.
Samuel Smith made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double.
Meanwhile, Clearfield got themselves on the board against Bountiful on Wednesday, but Bountiful never followed suit. They walked away with a 4-0 win over the RedHawks.
The team relied heavily on Logan Fenn, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Roy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-15 record this season. As for Clearfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11 record this season.
Roy couldn't quite finish off Clearfield when the teams last played back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clearfield's Ryan Frei, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Roy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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