Baseball Game Preview: Mount Juliet Golden Bears vs. Hendersonville Commandos

The Mount Juliet Golden Bears will challenge the Hendersonville Commandos at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mount Juliet is coming into the contest on a six-game losing streak.

On Saturday, Mount Juliet came up short against Lipscomb Academy and fell 9-5.

Jacob James put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. James was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.

Tucker Griffith

Stolen Base

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In other batting news, Tucker Griffith made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.

Meanwhile, Hendersonville won against Goodpasture Christian on Thursday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Hendersonville beat White House by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-2. The victory continues a trend for the Commandos in their matchups with the Blue Devils: they've now won three in a row.

Gavin Miller was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler McDonald, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

Hendersonville's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Mount Juliet, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9-1.

Mount Juliet suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Hendersonville when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Will Mount Juliet have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.