Taylorsville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Kearns Cougars as they made off with a 15-5 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Taylorsville also won the last time the pair played back in March.
Aleya Wegner spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Taylorsville got a massive performance out of Janelle Zapata, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Brockman, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
On Kearns' side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sky Aguirre, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Taylorsville is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Kearns, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-7.
Taylorsville will face off against Granger at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Taylorsville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season. As for Kearns, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Cyprus at 3:30 p.m.
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