Maple Mountain and Orem are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Orem Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Maple Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Maple Mountain is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Salem Hills just ended the team's 17-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Skyhawks by a score of 6-5.
Cy Chrisman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Hayden Hyatt, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Orem entered their tilt with Spanish Fork with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Dons out 7-6. That's two games straight that Orem has won by just one run.
Orem saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Merrick Bostock, who got two hits.
Maple Mountain's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-3. As for Orem, their win bumped their record up to 18-5.
Maple Mountain couldn't quite finish off Orem in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 7-5. Can Maple Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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