Baseball Game Preview: Clark Chargers vs. Legacy Longhorns

For the second straight game, Clark will face off against Legacy. Clark will be playing in front of their home fans against Legacy at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Clark easily dispatched Cimarron-Memorial two weeks ago, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Clark fell just short of Legacy by a score of 10-8 on Tuesday. The Chargers have struggled against the Longhorns recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.

Ryland Gregorich put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances. He was even better at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. He also put up two doubles, which were his first of the season.

Cole Baren

Runs (Career)

03/25/25 @ Legacy	4
03/13/25 vs Cimarron-Memorial	3
04/22/24 @ Cheyenne	3
05/10/24 vs Cheyenne	2
05/02/24 vs Lake Mead Christian Academy	2

In other batting news, Cole Baren made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored four runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. James Hatfield was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Legacy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-8 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 7.6 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.14 in the others. Clark's loss dropped their record down to 6-4.