Baseball Preview: North Clay/Clay City vs. Altamont Indians
North Clay/Clay City will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Altamont Indians at 4:30 p.m. North Clay/Clay City will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
North Clay/Clay City's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Neoga 10-0.
Meanwhile, Altamont gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged Nokomis out 3-2.
Ethan Robbins was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. Robbins has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Robbins was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Robbins wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Stuemke, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
North Clay/Clay City is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9-1 record this season. As for Altamont, their victory bumped their record up to 16-6.
North Clay/Clay City skirted past Altamont 6-4 in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Will North Clay/Clay City repeat their success, or does Altamont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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