The South Bend Clay Colonials are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Mishawaka Marian Knights at 5:30 p.m.
South Bend Clay is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 19 runs last Saturday, they were much more limited against West Noble on Saturday. They lost 12-2 to the Chargers. South Bend Clay has not had much luck with West Noble recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Mishawaka Marian stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mishawaka a 7-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Mishawaka Marian as they're now sitting on three straight.
Not much got past Paddy Keefer, who gave up just three hits to keep Mishawaka off the board. Keefer has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Evann Schmidtendorf, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryan Curylo, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
South Bend Clay's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Mishawaka Marian, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
South Bend Clay suffered a grim 24-3 defeat to Mishawaka Marian in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can South Bend Clay avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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