Tintic and Wendover are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but likely not for long. The Tintic Miners have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Wendover Wildcats at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Wendover took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Tintic, who comes in off a win.
Tintic will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Friday, then bounced right back against Intermountain Christian on Saturday. Everything went Tintic's way against Intermountain Christian as Tintic made off with a 12-3 victory. Considering the Miners have won six matches by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Camden Johnson made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Cole Ward was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. What's more, he also posted a .750 batting average, which is the highesthe's posted since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Stratyn Carlisle, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tintic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 7.6.
Meanwhile, Wendover was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 36-7 to Intermountain Christian.
Tintic's win bumped their record up to 7-8-1. As for Wendover, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Tintic's way against Wendover when the teams last played back in August, as Tintic made off with a 27-3 victory. Does Tintic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wendover turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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