Baseball Game Preview: Signal Mountain Eagles vs. Boyd-Buchanan Buccaneers

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03/28/26 - Neutral	1-8 L
03/07/26 - Away	1-1 T
03/14/24 - Away	9-10 L
03/18/23 - Away	1-11 L
04/12/19 - Home	6-5 W
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Signal Mountain and Boyd-Buchanan are an even 3-3-1 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Eagles will take on the Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Signal Mountain's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Boyd-Buchanan's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Signal Mountain is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Marion County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 4-2.

Meanwhile, Boyd-Buchanan came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Blue Tornado with a sharp 12-5 victory. The Buccaneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Aaron Hise, who went 2-for-4 with four stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Cooper, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.

They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Boyd-Buchanan kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive matchups.

Boyd-Buchanan's record now sits at 19-9-1. As for Signal Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9-1.

Signal Mountain suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Boyd-Buchanan when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.