The Clinton Prairie Gophers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lebanon Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Clinton Prairie will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Clinton Prairie will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run they dealt North Montgomery on Saturday. Clinton Prairie blew past North Montgomery 9-3.
Ben Schlicher and Alex King did most of the damage at the plate: Schlicher scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while King scored a run while going 2-for-3. Schlicher has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Dylan Thomas was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Lebanon's offense. They lost 9-0 to Cascade on Saturday. Lebanon's defeat continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Lebanon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wesley Byrd, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Clinton Prairie's win bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Lebanon, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
Clinton Prairie suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Lebanon in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Clinton Prairie, Caleb Linton (who struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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