Cloverdale is 2-8 against Fort Bragg since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cloverdale Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Fort Bragg Timberwolves at 4:00 p.m. Cloverdale is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
If Cloverdale beats Fort Bragg with six runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Cloverdale sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Lower Lake on Tuesday.
Cloverdale let Cole Grell and Damien Guererro loose on the outfield. Grell scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Guererro scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Konnor Yeager was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fort Bragg didn't have quite enough to beat Kelseyville on Tuesday and fell 2-1. Fort Bragg has not had much luck with Kelseyville recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Fort Bragg saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Hernandez, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Cloverdale's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Fort Bragg, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cloverdale has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Fort Bragg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cloverdale suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Fort Bragg when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Bragg's Cooper Killion, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Cloverdale knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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