Baseball Preview: Lone Peak Knights vs. American Fork Cavemen
Lone Peak is 2-8 against American Fork since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Lone Peak Knights will look to defend their home field against the American Fork Cavemen at 3:30 p.m. Lone Peak is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Lone Peak is is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They fell just short of Pleasant Grove by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Lone Peak couldn't push the score so high this time.
Tanner Walkenhorst was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, American Fork scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They put the hurt on Westlake with a sharp 22-9 win. Considering American Fork has won seven contests by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jett Walker made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Walker was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Cooper Jones was a standout: he went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Cache Poulson was another key contributor, going 4-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles.
Lone Peak's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for American Fork, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 16-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Lone Peak hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like American Fork struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Lone Peak suffered a grim 17-6 defeat to American Fork when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Lone Peak avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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