For the second straight game, Buchanan will face off against Clovis. The Bears will welcome the Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Buchanan fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Clovis on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 4-3.
For Clovis' part, Caden Frantzich tossed a big game, tossing 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Maddox Merrill, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one triple, and one run. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Dalton Byrd, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
The victory was the third in a row for Clovis, bringing their record up to 11-4. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Buchanan, they dropped their record down to 7-8 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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