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| 04/06/26 - Away | 3-5 L |
| 04/13/19 - Neutral | 3-9 L |
| 05/05/18 - Home | 0-12 L |
| 05/05/18 - Home | 14-4 W |
| 05/25/17 - Neutral | 1-2 L |
| + 5 more games |
Frontier and Clinton Prairie are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Falcons will face off against the Gophers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Frontier easily dispatched Tri-County on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Falcons fell just short of Peru by a score of 6-4 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Falcons have suffered since April 6th.
Meanwhile, Clinton Prairie had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They never let the Comets get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory.
The result came thanks to Alex King's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kye Jacobs, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Price, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Clinton Prairie was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in six consecutive games.
Clinton Prairie's win bumped their record up to 20-6. As for Frontier, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 16-6 record this season.
Frontier couldn't quite finish off Clinton Prairie when the teams last played back in April and fell 5-3. Can the Falcons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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