The American Fork Cavemen are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Lehi Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
American Fork is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Syracuse onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Lehi had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They came out on top against the Silverwolves by a score of 10-5.
Lehi got a great performance from Brayden Hansen as he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mays Madsen, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Boston Drakulich, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
American Fork has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Lehi, their win bumped their record up to 19-9.
Everything went American Fork's way against Lehi in their previous matchup back in April as American Fork made off with a 15-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for American Fork since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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