High school baseball: No. 1 Union, No. 2 Grantsville, advance to 3A Championship

Carbon looked well on its way to forcing another game in the series, but Grantsville had other plans. The second-seeded Cowboys scored four runs in the fifth and then another four runs in the sixth to take a 10-6 lead into the last inning.

Carbon loaded the bases and had the tying run at the plate, but couldn’t come up with any late inning magic as Jensen struck out Kaeden Sandoval to escape the jam and get the victory.

“There was a lot of pressure, but I had confidence in my team and in myself,” Jensen said. “It was a big relief to get that last out and to know we are moving on to the championship. We worked so hard all year to get to this point, so to win it like that was awesome.”

With the victory, No. 2 Grantsville will face No. 1 Union, which took down No. 3 Canyon View — the reigning champions — in the 3A title game.

Union 10, Canyon View 9

There will be a new champion this year as the top-seeded Union Cougars took down Canyon View to earn a spot in the championship game against Grantsville.

The Cougars, who took down the Falcons 8-1 on Tuesday, followed it up with a 7-4 victory Wednesday night at Lindquist Field to take down the reigning champs.

Wednesday was a more competitive game as the two teams went back and forth.

Canyon View got on the board first as Cannon Williams doubled off the left-field wall. A wild pitch then sent him to third, with Zach Maine bringing him home for the 1-0 lead.

Union rallied in the bottom half of the inning to take a 2-1 lead as back-to-back walks with the bases loaded brought home Gannon Labrum and Cade Frandsen.

The Falcons tied things up in the top of the second as Jack Merrill got on base with a walk. After stealing second and a base hit put runners on the corner, Williams stepped up to the plate and hit a shot to the shortstop who made a nice grab and threw to second for the force out. Unfortunately for the Cougars, the second baseman dropped the ball to allow Merrill to score and tie the game up.

After a scoreless inning by both teams, Union broke the game open with a five-run third thanks to a bunt by Brennen Mecham, which scored two runs and got him to second after a throwing error at first. Labrum and Davin Brotherson then tacked on RBIs.

Canyon View fought back with two runs in the fourth and two runs in the sixth to pull within a run at 7-6. Union then added two more runs and looked to have the game won, but the Falcons scored 3 runs in the seventh to tie the score.

In the bottom of the seventh and with one out, Labrum got the momentum going with a base hit to left. Frandsen then followed with a single to right field to put runners on the corner. With one out, Tyson Marx stepped up and drilled a deep shot to left field for the walk-off sacrifice fly to give Union a 10-9 win.