For the second straight game, Clear Fork will face off against Marion Harding. The Colts will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Presidents at 5:15 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Clear Fork 3.1, Marion Harding 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Clear Fork blew Marion Harding out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Tuesday Marion Harding got their revenge. The Colts fell just short of the Presidents by a score of 3-1. The game marked the Colts' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
For Marion Harding's part, Tyson Lind spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Marion Harding's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Connor Pennington, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI. Another was Lucas Keller, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs.
Clear Fork moved to 5-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Marion Harding, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 7-3.
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