Baseball Game Preview: Orem Tigers vs. Alta Hawks

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Previous Games

05/17/24 - Home	13-5 W
05/17/24 - Home	13-3 W
05/16/24 - Home	10-11 L
03/19/24 - Away	14-12 W
04/24/23 - Home	10-0 W
+ 5 more games

Orem has gone 9-1 against Alta recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Orem Tigers will host the Alta Hawks at 3:03 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Alta will be up against a hot Orem squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Orem put the hurt on Pocatello with a sharp 14-3 victory on Saturday. That looming 14-3 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Tigers yet this season.

Meanwhile, Alta was able to grind out a solid win over Salem Hills on Monday, taking the game 11-8. That's two games straight that the Hawks have won by exactly three runs.

Ian Alvey looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

At the plate, Nash Williams was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of McCoy Johnson, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run and three runs.

Alta kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Salem Hills only managed ten hits.

Alta pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.63 runs across that stretch. As for Orem, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.

Orem took their victory against Alta in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 13-5. Does Orem have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alta turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.