Community R-6 kept fighting its way back into Tuesday's game, but too much damage had been done.
The Trojans lost 13-7 to Clopton at home after allowing nine unearned runs via eight errors. Community fell behind 10-4 at one point prior to making it interesting three runs in the sixth inning. Community's bottom of the order in the Nos. 7-9 holes (Houston Hogan, Matthew Utterback and Ean Johnson) went 3-for-7 with five walks and five runs scored. Nik Crider (three walks, two hits and no earned runs in 2 1/3 innings pitched) was 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Kyler Swaim had two RBI in that sixth inning. Kaiden Erdel had a RBI double, and Drake Welch (six strikeouts, four earned runs and four walks in 4 2/3 innings pitched) went 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored. For Clopton, Adam Lindsay was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two walks.
Community plays at Marion County (2-0) at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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