Baseball Preview: North Sanpete Hawks vs. Manti Templars
North Sanpete is 2-8 against Manti since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The North Sanpete Hawks are on the road again to play the Manti Templars at 1:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Sanpete is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Carbon. Five seems to be a good number for North Sanpete as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Peyton Rostron tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Preston Madsen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Manti stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against Providence Hall as Manti made off with a 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Manti.
Manti saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayson Bailey, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple.
North Sanpete's record now sits at 7-19. As for Manti, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. North Sanpete has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Manti struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
North Sanpete couldn't quite finish off Manti in their previous meeting back in March and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bailey, who struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that North Sanpete knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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