Clarksdale is 0-9 against Center Hill since March of 2015 but things could change on Saturday. The Clarksdale Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Center Hill Mustangs at 2:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Things were looking good for Clarksdale after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Greenville by a score of 12-11.
Jeffrey Gooden made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Jeremy Franklin was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Clarksdale kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Greenville only managed four hits.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Center Hill, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Southaven a 10-0 shutout on Friday. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Grayson Doss, who scored four runs while going 3-for-3. Ryan Brunetz also deserves some recognition as he hit his first doubles of the season.
Center Hill's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only 5.5 in the others. As for Clarksdale, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Clarksdale suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Center Hill in their previous meeting back in March of 2017. Can Clarksdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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