Pleasant Grove is 8-2 against Lehi since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Pleasant Grove Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Lehi Pioneers at 3:30 p.m. Pleasant Grove has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Lehi will come in with three straight wins.
Pleasant Grove's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against American Fork on Friday. Their rough 10-0 defeat to the Cavemen might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Lehi faced Lone Peak in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Everything went Lehi's way against Lone Peak as Lehi made off with a 12-6 victory. 12 seems to be a good number for Lehi as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Lehi got a great performance from Caleb Crutchfield as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up six earned runs off six hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Brandon Manookin was a standout: he went 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Williams, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Pleasant Grove's loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Lehi, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Pleasant Grove hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lehi struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Pleasant Grove took their victory against Lehi in their previous matchup back in June of 2020 by a conclusive 12-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Grove since the team 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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