Baseball
Clippers bats go silent in a 9-2 loss to the Royal Oak Leprechauns in the opener of a three-game weekend series
Muskegon is now 1-3 with two games left in its season-opening homestand
Muskegon is now 1-3 with two games left in its season-opening homestand
The Clippers will open a three-game home series against Royal Oak on Friday night at Marsh Field
The Trojans will play Bay City John Glenn in the regional finals at Clare High School on Saturday 12:30 p.m.
The Crusaders took control of the contest in the first inning by scoring seven runs
The Wildcats now move on to the regional finals on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Davenport University
The game started 81 minutes late due to rain, and officials ended the game after the top of the fifth inning, instead of allowing the teams to play the full seven innings
The Clippers battled back from a seven-run deficit to tie the game in the sixth inning, but Jet Box scored four runs down the stretch to get the win
Logan Fleener, 27, who played for the Clippers during their championship 2016 season, is set to begin his tenure as only the second manager in team history