Coming off a huge offensive effort where they scored 53 runs in a double header against Grand earlier last week in Price, the Dinos traveled to Moab last Friday to face the Red Devils on their home field taking the season sweep 4-0. Then on Monday they were on the road again in Vernal taking on 5A Uintah dropping that contest 6-2.
After the two games the Dinos sit at 7-6 overall and 3-0 in league play. Carbon has scheduled teams out of their classification for majority of their non-region contests and when the RPI came out last Friday, Carbon was sitting in the No. 5 spot, the rankings are updated daily and after the loss to Uintah they dropped two spot to No. 7.
The Dinos got on the board quickly in the first inning against Grand, when Keaton Rich, who registered a hit and two runs in the contest, stole home. After that runs were at a premium for the Dinos who put up one run in the third and then two more in the fifth.
Defensively, Carbon used great work in the field as well as the duo of Jacob Vasquez and Beau Vea on the mound who combined for the four hit shutout, striking out 10 batters.
Offensively the Dinos were only able to collect five hits in the game but thanks to their work in the field, they were able to come away with the region win.
On Monday in Vernal, Carbon faced the Uintah Utes, who entered the game as the No. 21 team in 5A with a record of 4-8.
It wasn’t until the third inning when Carbon was able to put it’s only two runs on the board on back-to-back hits from the bats of Rylan Hart and Keaton Rich that allowed Dallen Oneil and Hart to score, cutting the Uintah lead in half 4-2.
Jordan Fossat got the start on the mound going four innings giving up four runs (one earned) on two hits and struck out five. Oneil came in putting in two innings of work giving up two runs on one hit and striking out two.
Up next for the Dinos, they will be on the road in Payson to take part in a make-up game that was originally scheduled for opening day, March 8. Following the game they will start the Spring Break holiday and will not return to the field until April 12 when they will be on the road again in Cedar City to face Canyon View.
Carbon is scheduled to back on their home field on April 13 to face Alta at 3:00.