With a playoff game on the line, Clear Springs rose to the challenge on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Dawson Eagles 4-3. This was payback for Clear Springs, who suffered a 6-3 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Jenna Hashaw looked comfortable as she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Clear Springs' win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jalise Martinez, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Mallory Knoeppel, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Clear Springs has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Dawson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-8-1.
Clear Springs will have a chance to go back-to-back against Dawson: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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