The Clark Chargers will square off against the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cimarron-Memorial took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Clark, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Clark earned an 8-3 win over Eldorado. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Chargers.
Kellen Anunson
| 03/11/25 vs Eldorado | 7 |
| 04/05/24 vs Legacy | 4 |
| 02/28/25 vs Carson | 2 |
| 05/08/24 vs Western | 2 |
| 04/15/24 vs Southeast Career Tech | 2 |
Kellen Anunson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Clark's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, Sebastian Diaz and Cole Baren did most of the damage at the plate: Diaz scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Baren scored a run while going 1-for-2. Clark is undefeated when Diaz posts two or more runs, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlos Valdes Cosme, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Cimarron-Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Legacy, falling 17-7.
Mares Kai and Cayden Cavallone did some serious damage despite the final result: Kai scored two runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Cavallone went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base.
Clark's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 11.86 hits in those games compared to only 5.17 in the others. As for Cimarron-Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Clark came out on top in a nail-biter against Cimarron-Memorial in their previous matchup two weeks ago, sneaking past 7-5. Will Clark repeat their success, or does Cimarron-Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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