The Clay Eagles will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Southview Cougars at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Clay has 13 straight victories, Southview has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Clay will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by six) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Findlay and snuck past 7-5.
Alec Sutton made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Sutton has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sutton was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Clay got a great performance from Landon Eversman as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on C.J. Boudreaux, who went 3-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and an RBI. Brock Fussell was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Southview had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Northview on Friday.
Clay pushed their record up to 15-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Southview, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.
Clay might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Southview in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Clay have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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