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PLEASANT GROVE 3, RIVERTON 2: Jade Smoot pitched six strong innings and Bryce Jones came in to record the save as Pleasant Grove held off Riverton to avoid the Region 4 sweep.
Jade Smoot pitches against Alta (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Jade Smoot didn't hit a home run or game-winning double.
He didn't hit a walk-off single or even draw a walk-off walk.
It didn't matter how he won the game, just that he did.
What is the phrase for a driving in the game-winning run if it comes on an error? Who cares?
Smoot put the ball in play, and it was the reason Pleasant Grove
celebrated a 7-6 win over the Alta baseball team in eight innings
Thursday afternoon.
"Jade has had some good at-bats, and in that situation, we just
needed him to hit the ball hard," Pleasant Grove coach Darin Henry said.
"And we were fortunate that it worked out for us. Alta is a great team.
I was proud of the way the kids fought back when we got down early."
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Prep Athletes of the Week - April 18 (The Daily Herald)
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| Prep Athletes of the week in Herld Extra |
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| Jade Smoot - Pleasant Grove Baseball Athlete of the Week. |
Jade Smoot hits RBI single (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Prep baseball: Pleasant Grove offense halts Davis’ rally
"After Davis scored a run in the first, Pleasant Grove answered with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning. McKay Lewis singled and Brandon Coombs both singled in a pair of runs and Peterson and Jade Smoot each had RBI singles to do most of the damage."
"After Davis scored a run in the first, Pleasant Grove answered with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning. McKay Lewis singled and Brandon Coombs both singled in a pair of runs and Peterson and Jade Smoot each had RBI singles to do most of the damage."
Jade pitches 5 no run innings (The Daily Herald)
Pleasant Grove baseball holds off Riverton (3-2 PG)
"During the fifth inning, Walker got his second straight pass in four pitches, and Riverton brought in a reliever. Walker moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Peterson, then raced home on a base hit by Smoot for what proved to be the winning run."
'The strategy was to get an early lead to put the pressure on the visitors. “Once we did that, the crowd and the bench really got into it,” Henry said. “They are a tremendous team. Smoot gave us six good innings and helped himself with a timely hit."'
Jade pitched innings 1-5 for no runs.
"During the fifth inning, Walker got his second straight pass in four pitches, and Riverton brought in a reliever. Walker moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Peterson, then raced home on a base hit by Smoot for what proved to be the winning run."
'The strategy was to get an early lead to put the pressure on the visitors. “Once we did that, the crowd and the bench really got into it,” Henry said. “They are a tremendous team. Smoot gave us six good innings and helped himself with a timely hit."'
Jade pitched innings 1-5 for no runs.
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