The Fort Wayne Canterbury Cavaliers will face off against the Clinton Prairie Gophers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Fort Wayne Canterbury comes in on three and Clinton Prairie on four.
Fort Wayne Canterbury is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They skirted past Triton 6-4.
JP Rohwer made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 13 consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season.
Reed Hayes
| 05/10/25 vs Fort Wayne Crusaders | 4 |
| 06/07/25 vs Triton | 2 |
| 05/09/25 @ Fort Wayne South Side | 2 |
| 05/01/25 vs Fort Wayne HomeSchool | 2 |
| 04/28/25 vs Lakewood Park Christian | 2 |
| + 7 more games |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Reed Hayes, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. He has become a key player for Fort Wayne Canterbury: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 6-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Hayes, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Clinton Prairie sidestepped Riverton Parke for an 8-7 victory.
Like Fort Wayne Canterbury, Clinton Prairie also got a great game from a two-way player: Alex King. On the mound, King tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Kye Jacobs struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. At bat, King went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run, while Jacobs went 3-for-5 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
In other batting news, Luke Harshbarger was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Harshbarger, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.
Clinton Prairie was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .387 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Fort Wayne Canterbury's win bumped their record up to 13-8. As for Clinton Prairie, their victory bumped their record up to 21-7.
