It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Clovis ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Buchanan Bears 4-3. The victory was familiar territory for the Cougars, who have now won three contests in a row.
Clovis got a great performance from Caden Frantzich as he pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
Maddox Merrill
| 04/07/26 vs Buchanan | 2 |
| 04/01/26 @ Northgate | 1 |
| 03/30/26 @ Hanford | 1 |
| 03/24/26 vs Oakdale | 1 |
| 03/20/26 vs Frontier | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Maddox Merrill, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one triple, and one run. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Dalton Byrd, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Clovis' record is now 11-4. As for Buchanan, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 7-8.
Clovis will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Bears: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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