After five games on the road, Clarkston is heading back home. They will take on the Pullman Greyhounds at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last four games Clarkston has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought match, but Clarkston had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against West Valley. Clarkston has not had much luck with West Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Clarkston saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trace Green, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Pullman can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. They never let East Valley onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Pullman sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Joey Hecker made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Hecker was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Kris Schroeder and Brady Coulter did most of the damage at the plate: Schroeder scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4, while Coulter went 3-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Isaac Pagels, who scored a run.
Clarkston's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Pullman, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Clarkston might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Pullman in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pullman's Calvin Heusser, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that Clarkston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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