Baseball Recap: Clearwater Valley Has No Trouble Against Genesee

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Clearwater Valley and Genesee have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Saturday. The Rams blew past the Bulldogs 19-1. The Rams haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.

Josh Gardner made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Gardner was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Clearwater Valley is undefeated when Gardner posts two or more runs, but 7-9 otherwise.

Tiago Pickering

Stolen Base (Career)

04/26/25 vs Genesee	4
04/25/25 vs Troy	3
03/17/25 vs Nezperce	3
04/22/25 vs Garfield-Palouse	2
04/17/25 @ Lapwai	2

In other batting news, Tiago Pickering was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four stolen bases and three runs. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Barak Meyer was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Clearwater Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .476. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Clearwater Valley's record now sits at 12-9. As for Genesee, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-11-1.

Looking ahead, Clearwater Valley will challenge Kendrick at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Rams will need to watch out since the Tigers have now posted at least ten runs in their last three contests. Genesee does not have any more games scheduled as of now.