Magnolia owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Clay-Battelle Cee Bees 2-0. For the Blue Eagles, this counts as revenge for the 6-4 win the Cee Bees walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2025.
Magnolia saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyrian Starkey, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles. Those two doubles gave Starkey a new career-high.
Magnolia is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Clay-Battelle, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-7.
Magnolia has already played their next contest, a 13-7 win against Valley on the 22nd. As for Clay-Battelle, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Tygarts Valley at 5:00 p.m. on the 5th. The Cee Bees' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Bulldogs have averaged an impressive 10.4 runs per game this season.
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