The Salem Hills Skyhawks will head out on the road to challenge the Wasatch Wasps at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salem Hills has six straight wins, Wasatch has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Salem Hills is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Cedar Valley, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Salem Hills was ranked 13th). Salem Hills came out on top in a nail-biter against Cedar Valley on Tuesday and snuck past 9-7.
Rilyne Keck was excellent, going 3-for-4 with three RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Neves, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Wasatch's offense. They fell victim to a tough 10-0 defeat at the hands of Uintah on Wednesday.
Salem Hills is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Wasatch, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.
Everything went Salem Hills' way against Wasatch in their previous matchup back in March as Salem Hills made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Salem Hills since the squad 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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