Manti is 8-2 against North Sanpete since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Manti Templars will square off against the North Sanpete Hawks at 1:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Manti is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Providence Hall onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Manti might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matches by ten runs or more this season.
Manti saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayson Bailey, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Meanwhile, North Sanpete won against Carbon on Friday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. North Sanpete sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Carbon. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Sanpete.
North Sanpete also got a great performance from Peyton Rostron as he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Rostron has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Preston Madsen was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Manti has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for North Sanpete, their victory bumped their record up to 7-19.
North Sanpete's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Manti has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.5 hits per game. It's a different story for North Sanpete, though, as they've been averaging 8.8. Given Manti's sizable advantage in that area, North Sanpete will need to find a way to close that gap.
Manti skirted past North Sanpete 8-6 when the teams last played back in March. Does Manti have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Sanpete turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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