The Clay Blue Devils are taking a road trip to square off against the South Paulding Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Clay is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 11-0 margin over Nease on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won four matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Rylan McMahan tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
Cole Carnell
| 02/25/25 vs Nease | 4 |
| 02/14/25 vs Lincoln | 3 |
| 02/11/25 @ Keystone Heights | 2 |
| 05/07/24 vs Ponte Vedra | 2 |
| 04/24/24 vs Baldwin | 2 |
At the plate, Cole Carnell was incredible, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Mathis, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Clay was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, South Paulding came tearing into Tuesday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 11-7.
Clay's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs over those games. As for South Paulding, their record is now 6-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
