The Washington Demon baseball team is set for a new season to get underway Tuesday when they welcome the Clear Creek Amana Clippers to Dick Sojka Memorial Field in Washington.

The Washington baseball team is coming off of an 18-16 season a year ago. The Demons were 7-9 in the Southeast Conference last season. Offensively, the Demons hit .295 as a team, led by senior Brandon Loy with his .360 average. Washington lost their top three hitters by average to graduation. Their top returner is Cade Hennigan with a .333 average. The Demon pitching staff had a 3.85 ERA last year led by senior Collin Zear with his 6-2 record and 2.30 ERA. Top returner in the Demon rotation is Jacob Hall with a 2.31 ERA across 42 innings of work.

Clear Creek Amana enters tonight off of an 18-20 season a year ago. The Clippers hit .262 as a team last season led by Tyler Schrepfer and his .381 mark at the plate. On the hill they had a team ERA of 3.60, led by Kobey Schlotman with his 1.90 ERA over 66 innings of work and 1.90 ERA. These two teams met in a doubleheader last year with Washington sweeping the Clippers 7-4 and 12-8. You can hear all of the action tonight between Washington and CCA on FM 106.1 KCII with Sam Sides on the call, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 5p.m. and first pitch at 5:30.