After losing to Westlake the last time they met, Lehi decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Lehi Pioneers skirted past the Westlake Thunder 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lehi.
Taygen Stephensen looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Gavin Yates was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ozzie Williams, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
On Westlake's side, they got a good showing from Brent Smith, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Westlake saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mckoy Gower, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Westlake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their 14th loss (out of 16 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Lehi pushed their record up to 14-9 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Westlake, they are on a 14-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-21.
Lehi will have a chance to go back-to-back against Westlake: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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