Clear Lake hasn't had much luck against Clear Springs recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Clear Lake Falcons will challenge the Clear Springs Chargers at 6:30 p.m. Clear Lake's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Clear Springs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Clear Lake will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Brazoswood, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Clear Lake won by a run and slipped past Brazoswood 5-4. While the Falcons didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clear Springs). They blew past Clear Brook 19-7 on Tuesday. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
Erianna Garcia was a standout: she went 4-for-6 with one home run, six RBI, and two doubles. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Alana Strever, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Clear Springs was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .375 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Clear Springs' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for Clear Lake, their record is now 9-1.
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