Baseball Game Preview: Clayton Comets vs. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Spartans

Comets

Runs

03/04/25 @ West Johnston	6
02/28/25 @ Southern Lee	3
02/26/25 @ Rosewood	17
02/24/25 vs Cardinal Gibbons	1

The Clayton Comets will head out to take on the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clayton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.

Last Tuesday, Clayton didn't have quite enough to beat West Johnston and fell 9-7. The Comets haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.

Clayton got a good showing from Gabe Schellinger, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Schellinger a new career-low in walks (two).

At the plate, Clayton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Buchanan, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Cam Bryant was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 21-1 to Riverside-Durham.

Clayton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.

Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Clayton has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.8 hits per game. It's a different story for Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, though, as they've been averaging 8.7 hits. Given Clayton's sizable advantage in that area, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability will need to find a way to close that gap. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.