Baseball Preview: St. Clair Bulldogs vs. North County Raiders
St. Clair is 0-6 against North County since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Clair Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the North County Raiders at 4:30 p.m. St. Clair will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
On Thursday, everything went St. Clair's way against St. James as St. Clair made off with a 9-3 victory.
Carter Short was incredible, scoring a run and stealing six bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ty Record, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for North County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Arcadia Valley with a sharp 9-1 win on Thursday.
Tim Ekstam spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Michael Huff, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Zane Huff, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
St. Clair's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-11. As for North County, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season.
St. Clair suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to North County in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can St. Clair avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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