The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Cedar Valley Aviators at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Maple Mountain has nine straight victories, Cedar Valley has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Maple Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Springville, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Maple Mountain was ranked third). Maple Mountain blew past Springville 13-3. The result was nothing new for Maple Mountain, who have now won seven matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Max Walker made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Walker was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Braiden Catterson was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was AJ Thomas, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Cedar Valley's offense. They suffered a tough 12-0 loss at the hands of Salem Hills on Tuesday.
Cedar Valley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Johnson, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Maple Mountain pushed their record up to 12-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Cedar Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
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