After having lost a blowout in their previous game against South Vermillion, Cloverdale was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the North Putnam Cougars, sneaking past 6-5. For the Clovers, this counts as revenge for the 8-0 win the Cougars walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2024.
Landon Duncan made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. Duncan was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. Cloverdale is 4-1 when Duncan posts two or more stolen bases, but 1-9 otherwise.
Landyn Shaw
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Landyn Shaw, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Cloverdale's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-10 when he doesn't).
Cloverdale's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 5-10. As for North Putnam, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Cloverdale will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Cougars: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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