Baseball Recap: Clyde Drops Highest Score of Season Against Grape Creek

Bulldogs

Margin (Wins)

03/17/25 vs Grape Creek	25
03/17/25 vs Grape Creek	16
02/28/25 vs Early	11
03/11/25 vs Sweetwater	10
02/28/25 vs Comanche	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clyde). They put the hurt on the Grape Creek Eagles with a sharp 26-1 victory on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won eight games by eight runs or more so far this season.

Caden Winters was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, he posted four strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.

In other batting news, Clyde got a big performance out of Landon Deal, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. Deal has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Clay Deel was another key player, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Clyde was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .593. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

Clyde pushed their record up to 10-4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Grape Creek, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.

Coming up, Clyde will head out to face off against Merkel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Merkel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season. As for Grape Creek, it'll be a Battle of the Birds when Grape Creek Eagles take on Wall Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Friday.