The Baker County Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Clay Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Clay took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Baker County, who comes in off a win.
On Thursday, Baker County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Eagle's View. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Clay didn't have quite enough to beat Providence School on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Stallions recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Levi Chmura was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Clay saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Merrick Rapoza, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Clayton Hickey also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
The victory got Baker County back to even at 2-2. As for Clay, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 3-2.
Baker County suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Clay in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Baker County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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