Baseball Preview: Clarksville Wildcats vs. Collierville Dragons
Clarksville has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Collierville Dragons at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Clarksville: 3.2, Collierville: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Clarksville's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Henry County.
Not much got past Brady Davis, who gave up just three hits to keep Henry County off the board. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Kirk Weatherford was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Collierville faced Arlington in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Collierville fell 5-0 to Arlington. The defeat continues a trend for Collierville in their matchups with Arlington: they've now lost seven in a row.
Clarksville's victory bumped their record up to 37-7. As for Collierville, their loss dropped their record down to 29-13.
Everything went Clarksville's way against Collierville in their previous meeting back in April as Clarksville made off with a 7-0 win. Will Clarksville repeat their success, or does Collierville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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