The Clearwater Indians are taking a road trip to square off against the Collegiate Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clearwater's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Collegiate's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Clearwater will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Augusta, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. The Indians' pitchers stepped up to hand the Orioles a 10-0 shutout on Monday. Considering the Indians have won seven matches by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Collegiate couldn't beat McPherson on Wednesday even though they stacked five runs on them in the first inning. Neither the Spartans nor the Bullpups could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 9-9 tie.
With that tie, Collegiate's record moves to 11-9-1. As for Clearwater, their win bumped their record up to 12-10-1.
Clearwater suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Collegiate in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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