The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows baseball team returned to action on Tuesday, as they made the trip north on Highway 69 to take on the Cardinals of Garner-Hayfield-Ventura in non-conference action at GHV High School in Garner. CGD entered at 8-17, while GHV entered at 11-7.
Tuesday’s game would be a defensive battle, as the first 3 innings went scoreless before CGD was able to scratch across a run in the top of the 4th off an error allowing Ethan Hasty to score to put the Cowboys up 1-0. That would be the only offense for either side until the 7th inning, when CGD finally broke through for a prosperous 7-run inning, behind a Tristan Kakcek RBI double, a Jacob Ruba RBI ground out, a Paxton Lingenfelter RBI single, a Huxley Lingenfelter 2-run RBI triple, a Chaz Lane RBI double and a Ryland Morgan RBI single to help give the Cowboys an 8-0 victory.
Tristan Kakacek went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI, Huxley Lingenfelter went 1-for-3 with a 2-run RBI triple, as Chaz Lane went 1-for-4 with an RBI double. Drew Smith picked up the win in relief, allowing no runs on 1 hit, as Jacob Ruba pitched 4 shutout innings allowing 4 hits and striking out 5.
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows baseball returns to action on Saturday, when they return to Garner to take on Eagle Grove in their Class 2A, Substate 7 first round matchup at 5 PM on 95.7 KQWC or streaming online at kqradio.com.