Clover Park had lost four straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped down to 3-11 to make it five. They lost 10-0 to the Eatonville Cruisers. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
As for Eatonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season. That's two games straight that they have won by exactly ten runs.
For Eatonville's part, Ryder Herbrand was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Herbrand also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Eatonville is 3-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Herbrand was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Eatonville let Scout Horan and Ben Smith run wild. Horan got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while Smith went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Those two RBI gave Horan a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colston Bruun, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Clover Park is set to take on their familiar foe Foss at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Eatonville will face off against rival Washington at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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