Clinton Central has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Delphi Community Oracles at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Clinton Central is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Western Boone 19-7. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Lawrence LaFave made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off eight hits. LaFave was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles.
In other batting news, Clinton Central got a massive performance out of Cole Davison, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Carson O'Brien, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Delphi Community gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 16-2 margin over Taylor. The win was nothing new for Delphi Community as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Ryan Colella looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Brady Little was incredible, going 4-for-5 with four runs, four RBI, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Xaine Tessier, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Clinton Central's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-10-1. As for Delphi Community, they pushed their record up to 14-8 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Clinton Central might still be hurting after the 15-3 loss they got from Delphi Community in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Delphi Community's Brett Huffman, who scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Now that Clinton Central knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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