Clarkdale is 0-3 against Lake since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Clarkdale Bulldogs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Lake Hornets at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Clarkdale narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Choctaw County 4-3. That's two games straight that Clarkdale has won by just one run.
Kaela Edmonds tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off nine hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gracie Boman, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lake stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Everything went their way against Nanih Waiya as Lake made off with an 8-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Lake who now have five in a row.
Clarkdale is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Lake, their win bumped their record up to 15-7.
Clarkdale came up short against Lake when the teams last played back in April of 2016, falling 6-3. Thankfully for Clarkdale, Bryanna Luke (who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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