The Hays Indians will head out on the road to challenge the Clay Center Tigers on Thursday. Hays' pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Clay Center's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Hays' usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when Great Bend hitters got past them. The Indians lost 10-3 to the Panthers on Tuesday. The game marked the Indians' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Clay Center got the win against Buhler on Friday by a conclusive 15-8. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by seven runs or more this season.
Cole Pladson was incredible, scoring five runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3 runs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Colten Tadtman, who scored a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Clay Center always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .561. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Clay Center is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Hays, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2.
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