North Harrison grad Grant Claycomb and the Kansas Christian Falcons are off to a 9-5 start this year. Claycomb has served as a reliever and a spot starter for them, appearing in four games as of Friday.
On February 18th, Claycomb appeared in two thirds of an inning in Christian’s 5-0 loss to Central Baptist, getting two outs.
On February 27th, the Falcons struggled in a 10-1 loss to Northwestern (IA), handing them their first win in seven tries. Claycomb got into the game and pitched one inning, gave up two hits, one run, walked one, and struck out one.
On March 1st, Claycomb got his first start of the season against Harris-Stowe, in St. Louis. Harris-Stowe has played Christian tough all three games, but the Falcons have come away with three close wins. Claycomb overcame five walks through four innings and pitched the Falcons into a 4-2 lead. Christian scored one in the fifth, and Harris-Stowe got a two run home run in the bottom of the inning to cut it to 5-4, but the lead stood up for the rest of the game.
On March 9th, the Falcons spotted Roosevelt a 7-0 lead after two innings and an 8-0 lead in the fourth. Claycomb came on in relief in the fourth and got the Falcons out of the inning. Kansas Christian scored six in the fifth to get back in the game. Claycomb gave up a run in the fifth, but held in the sixth before the Falcons scored four in the seventh. Although Claycomb gave way in the seventh, he got credit for the win after the Falcons scored one in the 8th, one in the 9th, and held off Roosevelt’s final rally to get the 12-11 win.
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