Platte Valley Shuts Out Rawlins

The Platte Valley Trout played a shutout game with an amazing performance by pitcher Trayton Johnston on Friday, June 21. Johnston pitched 13 strikeouts, allowed only two hits, and walked three batters as Trout won the third annual Carbon County Classic against the Rawlins Allstars 5-0

After the game, Johnston said he was thrilled about his performance and was excited to get this win for Platte Valley.

“It was pretty amazing. This was my first game,” Johnston said. “Our team did well today. We hit the ball well and did a great job fielding the ball on defense. It was a great win for us.”

Johnston said his team made a lot of improvements and they showed it. He said the team was fired up from the start.

“We did a lot better on our grounding on defense,” Johnston said. “Our defense did not drop as many balls and it helped get the win.”

Head Coach Ben Spaulding said his team played excellent baseball. He said the team is excited about getting the win.

“The kids came to today's game hyped up and ready to go,” Spaulding said. “We have been working all week and the momentum was here for our first time having an all-star game on a new little league field and we wanted to take it and bring it home.”

Spaulding said Johnston was ready and fired up. He said he was beyond impressed with his performance.

“Trayton came through and he was battling hard,” Spaulding said. “He wanted to pitch a shutout and we finally got him one.”