The Clay Eagles will be playing at home against the Archbold Blue Streaks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Clay is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 13 games.
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 narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Findlay 7-5.
Alec Sutton made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Sutton has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sutton was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Landon Eversman tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits.
Back at the plate, C.J. Boudreaux was incredible, going 3-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Brock Fussell, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Archbold had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against Tinora on Tuesday.
Clay pushed their record up to 15-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Archbold, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
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