The Orem Tigers will be playing at home against the Wasatch Wasps at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orem has eight straight wins, Wasatch has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Orem put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They put the hurt on Timpview with a sharp 12-2 victory.
Orem saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxtin Johnson, who got a hit.
Meanwhile, Wasatch suffered a tough 16-8 loss at the hands of Salem Hills on Thursday.
Kyren Stocking was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Grant Mahoney, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Orem pushed their record up to 11-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs per game. As for Wasatch, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.
Orem skirted past Wasatch 7-6 in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Will Orem repeat their success, or does Wasatch have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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