Baseball Recap: Chiles Picks Up Third Straight Win at Home

On Tuesday, the Chiles Timberwolves were able to grind out a solid victory over the McMinn County Cherokees, taking the game 5-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Timberwolves.

Colton Corder

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/18/25 vs McMinn County	10
02/15/25 @ Maclay	5
03/06/25 vs Lincoln	4
02/22/25 @ Mosley	4
02/11/25 @ Florida State University High School	3

Colton Corder spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up ten Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

On the hitting side, Tyler Correa was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-2. He is becoming a predictor of Chiles' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-6 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Brendan Gereg, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one RBI.

Chiles' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for McMinn County, they moved to 5-2 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Coming up, Chiles will face off against Niceville at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for McMinn County, they will challenge Fleming Island at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fleming Island has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.77 runs per game on average), something McMinn County will no doubt try to take advantage of.