Baseball Recap: Timpanogos Timberwolves vs. Payson Lions
In what's become a running theme this season, Timpanogos gave their fans yet another huge win in Wednesday's first game. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Payson Lions a 9-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Timpanogos sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Brighton Tate made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over six innings pitched. Tate has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Tate was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple.
In other batting news, Timpanogos got a massive performance out of Kayden Harding, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Dylan McWhorter was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
On Payson's side, they got a good showing from Caleb Atkin, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Payson saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddux DeGraffenried, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Timpanogos has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Payson, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-10.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Timpanogos beat Payson by a score of 10-5 later that day.
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