Baseball Preview: Cloverdale Clovers vs. Greencastle Tiger Cubs
Cloverdale has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Saturday. They will square off against the Greencastle Tiger Cubs at 10:00 a.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Cloverdale came up short against West Vigo and fell 10-7. Cloverdale has struggled against West Vigo recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Layton Allen put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Allen was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Ben Campbell made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Greencastle couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. Their rough 13-1 defeat to Northview on Tuesday might stick with them for a while.
Greencastle saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Sutherlin, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cloverdale fell to 2-1. As for Greencastle, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-1.
Cloverdale might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Greencastle in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Cloverdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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