Baseball Game Preview: East Clarendon Wolverines vs. Marion Swamp Foxes

By Team Reports May 1, 2025, 10:48pm

Baseball Preview: East Clarendon Wolverines vs. Marion Swamp Foxes

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The East Clarendon Wolverines will square off against the Marion Swamp Foxes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Clarendon has six straight victories, Marion has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

East Clarendon's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over Socastee.

The result came thanks to Foster Matthews's shutout, as he gave up just three hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive appearances.

Cooper Goff

Stolen Base (Career)

05/01/25 vs Socastee2
04/11/25 vs Mullins1
04/11/25 vs Mullins1
04/01/25 vs Kingstree1
03/19/25 @ Manning1

At the plate, Cooper Goff was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.

Meanwhile, Marion fell victim to Loris and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 21-0 to the Lions.

Marion's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for East Clarendon, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6.

Everything went East Clarendon's way against Marion when the teams last played on Tuesday, as East Clarendon made off with an 18-1 win. Do the Wolverines have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Swamp Foxes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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