Baseball Preview: Clay Panthers vs. Valley Indians
Clay is 2-7 against Valley since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Clay Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Valley Indians at 5:00 p.m. Clay is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Clay will head into Wednesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Wednesday (they won by 11) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against East and snuck past 4-2.
Brandon Malone was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dawson James, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Valley had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Unioto on Wednesday.
Clay's victory bumped their record up to 8-9. As for Valley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season.
Clay suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Valley when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can Clay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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