The Pleasant Grove Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Wasatch Wasps at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Pleasant Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Spanish Fork, who was ranked second at the time (Pleasant Grove was ranked 23rd). The Vikings walked away with a 6-2 win over the Dons on Tuesday.
Damon Banks
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The team relied heavily on Damon Banks, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one double. He has become a key player for Pleasant Grove: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 5-6 otherwise. Tavake Wolfgramm was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Pleasant Grove was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Wasatch was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. They put the hurt on Timpview with a sharp 18-10 victory. The result was nothing new for the Wasps, who have now won seven contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Austin Brown was a standout: he got on base in four of his six plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one double. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Royal Matthews, who went 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
Pleasant Grove's record is now 8-6. As for Wasatch, their record now sits at 10-4.
Pleasant Grove couldn't quite get it done against Wasatch in their previous matchup two weeks ago as they fell 8-3. Can the Vikings avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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