Baseball Recap: Clements Wins Going Away Against Columbia

Colts

Margin (Wins)

02/22/25 @ Lee	14
03/18/25 @ Columbia	11
03/11/25 @ Shoals Christian	11
02/18/25 @ East Lawrence	11
03/10/25 vs Falkville	10

Clements was handed a heart-breaking two-run loss in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Columbia on Tuesday. The Clements Colts put the hurt on the Columbia Eagles with a sharp 15-4 win. The Colts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by ten runs or more this season.

Grayson Kennington made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three).

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hayden Tucker, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February. Brady Turner was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

Clements kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Clements has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. This is the second loss in a row for Columbia and nudges their season record down to 2-6.

Coming up, Clements will take on Rogers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Clements is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. As for Columbia, they will square off against Lee at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.