Baseball Recap: Boyd-Buchanan Buccaneers vs. Ooltewah Owls
Boyd-Buchanan stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Ooltewah Owls a 6-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Boyd-Buchanan who now have 14 in a row.
Not much got past Eli Gardenhire, who gave up just four hits to keep Ooltewah off the board. Gardenhire has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Brodie Johnston was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Embry, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Boyd-Buchanan's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 27-2. As for Ooltewah, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-19.
Boyd-Buchanan will head out on the road to take on McCallie at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Boyd-Buchanan is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season. As for Ooltewah, they will head out on the road to square off against Soddy Daisy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Soddy Daisy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Ooltewah's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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