American Fork put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Lone Peak Knights as the American Fork Cavemen made off with a 13-7 win. Winning may never get old, but American Fork sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Court Taylor looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Tayson Howard was incredible, scoring five runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jett Walker, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.
On Lone Peak's side, Tanner Walkenhorst made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Bowen Barnes, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
American Fork has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Lone Peak, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-13.
American Fork will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lone Peak: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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