Carbon is 9-1 against North Sanpete since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Carbon Dinos will head out on the road to face off against the North Sanpete Hawks at 3:00 p.m. Carbon is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Carbon is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Richfield on Monday as Carbon made off with a 15-5 victory. Considering Carbon has won nine matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Maizen Prichard, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Vigil, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Sanpete unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took an 11-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Delta.
North Sanpete saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andy Allred, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Preston Madsen, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, North Sanpete didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Delta only tossed four.
Carbon pushed their record up to 15-7 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for North Sanpete, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-17.
North Sanpete's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Carbon hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .315. It's a different story for North Sanpete, though, as they've only averaged .227. Will they be able to contain Carbon's hitters?
Carbon came out on top in a nail-biter against North Sanpete when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carbon since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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