Baseball Recap: Grand County Drops Highest Score of Season Against North Summit

Red Devils

Team Score (Highest)

03/28/25 vs North Summit	17
03/03/25 @ Carbon	16
03/28/25 vs North Summit	11
03/08/25 vs North Summit	11
03/06/25 vs Aztec	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grand County). They blew past the North Summit Braves 17-4 on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Red Devils in their matchups with the Braves: they've now won eight in a row.

Jt Dowd was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Dowd was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one triple and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Romeo Williams looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.

Back at the plate, Grand County got a massive performance out of Kalan Bowden, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. What's more, Bowden posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in May of 2024. Trace York was another key player, going 2-for-3 with five RBI and two runs.

Grand County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. They are 3-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Grand County pushed their record up to 6-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for North Summit, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Grand County will welcome San Juan at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. San Juan will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Grand County surely won't give up without a fight. As for North Summit, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against North Sevier at 3:30 p.m. North Sevier has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.5 runs per game on average), something North Summit will no doubt try to take advantage of.