Baseball Preview: Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders
The Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans will be playing at home against the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Saturday, Morristown-Hamblen West came up short against Knoxville Catholic and fell 5-2. Morristown-Hamblen West has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jordan Watson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Malakhi Isom was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Gatlinburg-Pittman was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-2 to West Greene, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Craig Huskey was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Morristown-Hamblen West's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-6. As for Gatlinburg-Pittman, their loss dropped their record down to 7-14.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Morristown-Hamblen West has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Gatlinburg-Pittman struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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