Pleasant Grove is 1-8 against Bingham since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pleasant Grove Vikings will be playing at home against the Bingham Miners at 3:30 p.m. Pleasant Grove will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Thursday, Pleasant Grove sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over Taylorsville.
Maya Pawalek was a major factor no matter where she played. She pitched seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off 11 hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Pawalek has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Pawalek was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Pleasant Grove got a massive performance out of Brooke Fisher, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-4. Fisher is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Maile Larsen, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and three runs.
Meanwhile, Bingham pushed their score to 19 the last time they played they, but on Thursday they couldn't quite do it again. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Copper Hills a 3-0 shutout. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Bingham has scored all year.
Not much got past Brecka Larson, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Copper Hills off the board.
At the plate, Bingham's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rian Howland, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Pleasant Grove's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Bingham, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Pleasant Grove hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Bingham struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Pleasant Grove couldn't quite finish off Bingham in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 3-1. Thankfully for Pleasant Grove, Shelbee Jones (who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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