Baseball Game Preview: Grant Park Dragons vs. Clifton Central Comets

For the second straight game, Grant Park will face off against Clifton Central. The Dragons will be playing at home against the Comets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Grant Park came up short against Clifton Central and fell 8-4. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Comets recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.

Nolan Olthoff

Runs

04/16/25 @ Cissna Park	5
03/24/25 @ Illinois Lutheran	3
05/06/25 @ Clifton Central	2
03/27/25 vs Illinois Lutheran	2
05/01/25 @ Gardner-South Wilmington	1
+ 5 more games

Nolan Olthoff made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two runs and one double. Grant Park is 3-1 when Olthoff posts two or more runs, but 3-10 otherwise.

Clifton Central has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-9 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.6 runs over those games. As for Grant Park, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.