Shadle Park is 8-2 against Clarkston since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Shadle Park Highlanders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Clarkston Bantams at 2:00 p.m. Shadle Park will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
On Wednesday, everything went Shadle Park's way against East Valley as Shadle Park made off with a 16-1 win.
Evan Lafferty made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Lafferty has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Lafferty was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Tyler Yarger and Matthew Pugh did most of the damage at the plate: Yarger went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Pugh scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2. Tommy Krotzer was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Clarkston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 12-1 to Pullman.
Like Shadle Park, Clarkston also got a great game from a two-way player: Trace Green. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Green was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Green wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Otis Phillips, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Shadle Park's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-7. As for Clarkston, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-13.
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