The Clever Blue Jays will venture away from home to face off against the Ash Grove Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Clever nor Ash Grove posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Clever is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Fair Grove, who was ranked fifth at the time (Clever was ranked 13th). The Blue Jays came up short against the Eagles on Tuesday, falling 11-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Blue Jays were not able to get on the board.
Clever saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maycee King, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, Ash Grove was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker at the hands of Diamond. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
The defeat snapped Clever's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-3 record. As for Ash Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Clever took their victory against Ash Grove when the teams last played back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 10-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Jays since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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