Baseball Recap: Clay Takes a Loss

Clay lost against Tocoi Creek back in April of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Clay Blue Devils fell just short of the Tocoi Creek Toros by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Devils have lost by just one run.

Rylan McMahan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances.

JC Rosette

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/11/25 @ Tocoi Creek	2
02/28/25 @ South Paulding	1
02/18/25 @ Oakleaf	1
02/15/25 vs Orange Park	1
04/23/24 vs Providence School	1

At the plate, Clay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JC Rosette, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Rosette a new career-high. Cole Carnell was another, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

This is the second loss in a row for Clay and nudges their season record down to 9-4. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Tocoi Creek, their record now sits at 10-2.

Coming up, Clay will welcome St. Augustine at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Clay's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so St. Augustine's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Tocoi Creek, they will head out to take on Bartram Trail at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.