Baseball Recap: Maple Mountain Gets the Win

Golden Eagles

Margin (Wins)

03/15/25 vs Copper Hills	13
03/08/25 vs Box Elder	10
03/14/25 vs Olympus	9
03/11/25 vs Lehi	9
03/07/25 vs Springville	9

Maple Mountain's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Spanish Fork Dons a 6-0 shutout. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by six runs or more this season.

The result came thanks to Chase Johnston's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up ten Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Jeremiah Hall and Cy Chrisman did most of the damage at the plate: Hall scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Chrisman went 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. Chrisman has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was AJ Thomas, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.

Maple Mountain's win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Spanish Fork, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.

Maple Mountain will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Dons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.